Marco A. De Felice reports: On August 19, a computer attack made it necessary to block all computer systems by the IT technicians of the “ASL Città di Torino”. A ransomware-type attack that has affected and continues to affect the San Giovanni Bosco, Maria Vittoria, Martini and Oftalmico hospitals. The cyber attack was discovered by…
Category: Malware
Schools in Texas, Pennsylvania, and California hit with ransomware as schools reopen for the year
One lesson that should have been learned from past years is that ransomware groups will attack schools right as they get ready to open for the school year because districts may feel more pressured to pay so they can open. So far this week, DataBreaches has spotted ransomware attack reports on two k-12 school districts…
UK: Major city car dealership hit by huge data theft cyber attack in July
Laura Watson reports: A Stoke-on-Trent car dealership which boasts more than 10,000 ‘satisfied customers’ has been hit by a major cyber attack. Holdcroft Motor Group, in Leek Road, Hanley, was targeted by hackers who are believed to have stolen years’ worth of data. StokeonTrentLive understands that the firm was hit with a demand for substantial…
MD: Onyx Technology alerts clients and patients of ransomware incident
On August 12, Onyx Technology of Maryland began notifying regulators and others about a ransomware attack they experienced. According to their notification to the Montana Attorney General’s Office on behalf of Independent Care Health Plan (iCare), they discovered the attack on June 28. Their investigation subsequently found that “a server may have been removed or…
Essonne: a hospital center targeted by a cyberattack, its services severely disrupted
The following is a machine translation: The South Francilien Hospital Center (CHSF) in Corbeil-Essonnes is the victim of a computer attack which began in the night from Saturday to Sunday around 1 a.m., seriously disrupting its activity, according to a press release from the establishment. Some patients are notably redirected to public hospitals in Île-de-France….
Always at risk of DDoS, LockBit finds itself under greater attack after announcing Entrust attack
First LockBit claimed that they had successfully attacked security firm Entrust and would be leaking their files if their demands (financial) were not met. Bleeping Computer broke the story in June and then updated it. Then some person or persons decided to make it harder for LockBit to leak the data on their leak site….