In a statement on its Facebook page, the Prefeitura Municipal de Itapermirim in Brazil alerted people that it had been the victim of a cyberattack on July 10 and ransom has been demanded: The following is a machine translation of their Facebook statement: The Municipal Prefecture of Itapemirim goes public to inform that the Municipality’s…
Category: Malware
BlackCat (Aka ALPHV) Ransomware Is Increasing Stakes Up To $2.5M In Demands
A new blog post by Resecurity indicates that BlackCat’s average ransom demand is now over $2 million. They write: Based on the recently compromised victims in Nordics region, which haven’t been disclosed by the group yet, the amount to be paid exceeds $2 million. […] According to experts from Resecurity, BlackCat ransomware actors began defining…
US govt warns of Maui ransomware attacks against healthcare orgs
Sergiu Gatlan reports: The FBI, CISA, and the U.S. Treasury Department issued today a joint advisory warning of North-Korean-backed threat actors using Maui ransomware in attacks against Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) organizations. Starting in May 2021, the FBI has responded to and detected multiple Maui ransomware attacks impacting HPH Sector orgs across the U.S….
Updating: Napa Valley College Recovering After June Ransomware Attack
There’s an update to the incident first disclosed by Napa Valley College on June 10 and reported in the media on June 25. On July 5, Edward Booth reported: The Napa Valley College website and network systems have been coming back online this week after being shut down by a ransomware attack in early June….
Family Practice Center discloses a breach from October 2021
DataBreaches really and truly does not understand how entities can take so long to investigate some breaches before disclosing them. If HHS feels that seven months from the first detection of an attack to notification is reasonable or acceptable, then let it change the regulations. If it is not acceptable and HHS wants entities to…
Associated Eye Care Partners, LLC discloses vendor breach. Can you guess which vendor?
One of the breach notices that showed up in routine searches this morning was from Associated Eye Care Partners, LLC (“AEC”). The first sentence of the notification letter was: We are contacting you to inform you of a data incident experienced by a third-party vendor for Associated Eye Care Partners, LLC (“AEC”). My mind…