A statement on Adams-Friendship Area School District’s web site dated December 1 reads: 12/1/22 Internet & Network Outage Update Dear AFASD Families, On November 15th, 2022 we notified you that our network and internet services experienced a disruption. We have recently learned that unauthorized activity was detected within our environment on or about November 15,…
Category: Malware
NZ: Ransomware attacks: Privacy Commissioner plans investigation as Justice, Health hit
Chris Keall reports: Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster is planning an investigation after Wellington-based IT provider Mercury IT was hit by a ransomware attack – potentially compromising sensitive data it hosts for multiple clients, including health insurer Accuro, BusinessNZ, the NZ National Nurses Association and the Ministry of Justice, with 15,000 Coroners Court files taken out. The…
Rackspace’s Hosted Exchange disruption was due to a ransomware attack
Rackspace has issued another update to its recent security incident. It now discloses that this was a ransomware attack: We appreciate your patience as we continue to work through the security issues that have affected our Hosted Exchange environment. As you know, on Friday, December 2nd, 2022, we became aware of suspicious activity and immediately…
Another class action lawsuit against Empress EMS filed over July ransomware attack
Another lawsuit has been filed in the wake of a ransomware attack on a New York ambulance service. Now we hear that the victim paid ransom. Will it make a difference? Firehouse reports: A lawsuit has been filed against Empress Ambulance in New York after hackers accessed patient information. According to the class action lawsuit…
Cyberattack at the Versailles hospital center: the trail of a LockBit usurper
Valéry Rieß-Marchive reports some details on the ransomware incident involving André-Mignot hospital. He suggests that someone — but not the LockBit 3.0 franchise itself — used LockBit 3.0 Black to attack the hospital and to issue a $100,000 ransom demand. You can read his reporting and analysis on LeMagIT. From reviewing his material and additional…
Little Rock School Board approves paying ransom
There’s an update to the ransomware incident involving Little Rock schools, and it’s not a happy one. The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that at a school board meeting yesterday, the board authorized paying $250,000 “plus other fees.” The incident was first detected on November 11. A number of issues concerning transparency and compliance with Arkansas…