KCRG reports: A bus driver for the Cedar Rapids Community School District told our KCRG-TV9 i9 Investigative Team the district’s computers and servers are still not working after the district closed due to a “cyber security incident” more than two weeks ago. Read more at KCRG.
Category: Malware
Ca: Waterloo Region District School Board hit by cyberattack
Kate Bueckert reports: The Waterloo Region District School Board says it’s working to restore its IT system and safeguard personal information of staff, students and families after it was the target of a cyberattack. “We intend to do whatever is within our ability to resolve this issue,” said a statement from the board’s communications officer, Estefania…
Romanian National Known As “Virus” Extradited For Operating “Bulletproof Hosting” Service That Facilitated The Distribution Of Destructive Malware
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today that MIHAI IONUT PAUNESCU, a/k/a “Virus,” a dual Romanian and Latvian national, was extradited from Colombia for allegedly running a…
Justice Department Seizes and Forfeits Approximately $500,000 from North Korean “Maui” Ransomware Actors and their Conspirators
The Justice Department today announced a complaint filed in the District of Kansas to forfeit cryptocurrency paid as ransom to North Korean hackers or otherwise used to launder such ransom payments. In May 2022, the FBI filed a sealed seizure warrant for the funds worth approximately half a million dollars. The seized funds include ransoms…
Timios settles data breach litigation
Real estate solutions company Timios agreed to settle claims it failed to protect consumer data in a July 2021 data breach. Top Class Actions reports that in October 2021, Timios began to inform customers their sensitive information may have been compromised when a third party gained access to the company’s network, encrypted certain Timios systems and…
South Korean call taxi system paralyzed by ransomware attack, company pays ransom to get decryptor
Ahn Ho-cheon reports (machine translation follows): A company operating a ‘call taxi system’ in most cities and counties in Gangwon-do was attacked by a hacking attack, and call taxi calls through smartphone apps were blocked. It was found that the call system was paralyzed in parts of Busan, Gyeonggi, Gyeongbuk, and Jeonnam in addition to Gangwon…