An Estonian man was sentenced today to 66 months in prison for his years-long role in furthering and facilitating computer intrusions, the movement of fraudulently obtained goods and funds, and the monetization of stolen financial account information. He also participated in ransomware attacks causing over $53 million in losses and was ordered to pay over…
Category: Malware
FBI: Ransomware hit 649 critical infrastructure orgs in 2021
Sergiu Gatlan reports: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says ransomware gangs have breached the networks of at least 649 organizations from multiple US critical infrastructure sectors last year, according to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) 2021 Internet Crime Report. However, the actual number is likely higher given that the FBI only started tracking…
Update on Griggsville-Perry School District ransomware incident
In January, the Griggsville-Perry School District in Illinois announced it had been hit with a ransomware attack. Now, two months later, Vice Society threat actors have added the district to their leak site and dumped files that they had infiltrated. Inspection of the more than 3,000 files in the data dump revealed that most of…
Even More Patient Data May Have Been Stolen in 2021 Ransomware Attack: Scripps Health
Artie Ojeda reports: Almost one year after a devastating ransomware attack on Scripps Health, patients have received a letter advising additional personal information may have been compromised. NBC 7 obtained a copy of the letter dated March 15. It references the cyberattack that occurred between April 26, 2021, and May 1, 2021. Read more at…
Threat actors leak data from Scottish Association for Mental Health
It appears that RansomExx threat actors have hit the Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH). On March 18, SAMH posted a notice on its website. The full notice says it was dealing with an “I.T incident, which is affecting our colleagues’ ability to receive and respond to emails across both our national and local service…
“It took 6 hours to get access to every IT system” of Argentina’s Senate – Vice Society
The web site of Argentina’s senate was hit by a ransomware attack on or about January 12. Unlike other entities that do not disclose quickly, the Senate issued a statement on Twitter about Vice Society’s attack two days later: ?El Senado de la Nación sufrió el 12 de enero a las 4 AM un ataque…