If folks in Los Angeles were upset about the ransomware incident involving the Los Angeles Unified School District, they might want to buckle up before reading this: It appears that LockBit 3.0 has managed to compromise and exfiltrate data from the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA). Municipal housing authorities collect and…
Category: Malware
Updating: Queen Elizabeth Hospital progress report on recovery from cyber attack
Akeel reports an update to the Barbados hospital’s functioning following their announcement on December 13 of a cyberattack: The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) reports progress in resolving its recent cyber attack. In a statement the QEH said ” Our IT team, working with private and international experts continues to work on containing the problem and…
NJ: Cyberattack at CentraState prompts hospital to divert ambulances
Update of February 10, 2023: This incident reportedly affected 617,000 patients. It is not showing up on HHS’s breach tool yet. CentraState’s substitute notice can be found on their website. Original post: Ken Serrano reports: A cybersecurity problem at CentraState Medical Center has prompted the hospital to divert ambulances and most new patients to other…
Breaking: LockBit 3.0 gives Sick Kids free decryptor, claims to ban partner who attacked them
#LockBit has formally apologized for the attack on the Hospital for Sick Kids in Canada that took place on December 18. The hospital is still trying to recover from it. “We formally apologize for the attack on sikkids.ca and give back the decryptor for free, the partner who attacked this hospital violated our rules, is…
Retreat Behavioral Health addiction treatment centers hit by ransomware earlier this year
Retreat Behavioral Health (RBH) has addiction treatment facilities in Florida, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut. On July 1, 2022, they reportedly detected a ransomware attack. Letters were sent out this week, but because Massachusetts actually prohibits entities from providing important details in notifications to consumers, there’s a lot we don’t know about this incident yet. Specifically, the…
Bits ‘n Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)
BR: Monte Cristalina claimed by LockBit3.0 On December 19, Monte Cristalina S.A. was added to LockBit3.0’s leak site. The group claims to have 135GB of information about the holding company, and has already uploaded some data as proof. Access to Monte Cristalina’s website has been blocked, and we have found no acknowledgement or confirmation by…