A coordinated law enforcement effort has resulted in the takedown of Hive ransomware group’s leak site. The notice appears in both Russian and English, which is a bit of a change for how these seizure notices usually appear. This is a developing story and will be updated. According to the DOJ, they will be announcing…
Category: Malware
Baltimore schools cyber attack cost nearly $10M: State IG
ABC News reports: Baltimore County Public Schools failed to act on several state recommendations to help mitigate cyber attacks before a hack disrupted school operations and cost the school system millions of dollars in damages and repairs, according to a report from a state inspector general. BCPS was hacked using a phishing email in November 2020 —…
IN: Wawasee Hit With Ransomware
David Slone reports: Wawasee Community School Corporation is dealing with a possible ransomware attack that began late last week. Ransomware is a type of malicious software that is designed to block access to a computer system until money is paid. According to a statement released to parents Friday, provided by Superintendent Dr. Steve Troyer to…
Court records were lost in debilitating Vanuatu cyber attack
There’s another update to the crippling ransomware attack the archipelago of Vanuatu suffered months ago. RNZ reports: The Vanuatu Chief Justice has confirmed that court records were lost in the ransomware attack on government agency computer systems late last year. Vincent Lunabek said the courts were able to save some offline data concerning the registration…
Puma investigates claims of leaking more than 230k customers’ data (updated)
Paulina Okunytė reports: Private data allegedly belonging to more than 230,000 Puma customers in Chile has been found on a hacker forum. A threat actor has listed an 84MB-strong dataset for sale that allegedly belongs to the multinational sportswear manufacturer. The cybercriminal or criminals behind the dataset listing claim that it is from Puma’s Chilean…
Impact of ransomware on healthcare: what’s confirmed and what’s just speculative?
Sunday musings….. What impact do ransomware attacks have on delivering healthcare services to patients? Some claims have been made, but are the claims supported by any objective data, or are people just guessing what the impact has been or could be? In this week’s news, a hospital in Illinois announced it will be temporarily closing…