Jonathan Limehouse reports: The Charlotte YMCA is alerting some of its members this week about a data breach four months ago, the nonprofit said Friday. The YMCA of Greater Charlotte, in a news release, said it recently concluded an investigation into a ransomware attack that was detected on Sept. 10. The Y launched its “response…
Category: Malware
Valley Regional Transit target of ransomware attack, info may have been compromised
CBS2 reports: Valley Regional Transit says the personal information of some 535 employees, contractors and customers may have been exposed during an October ransomware attack. Valley Regional says the cybercriminals were able to access its network and remove some data before deploying ransomware. The data may have included name, address, date of birth, Social Security…
Japan’s Supreme Court rules cryptojacking scripts are not malware
Laura Dobberstein reports: A man found guilty of using the Coinhive cryptojacking script to mine Monero on users’ PCs while they browsed the web has been cleared by Japan’s Supreme Court on the grounds that crypto mining software is not malware. Tokyo High Court ruled against the defendant, 34-year-old Seiya Moroi, on charges of keeping…
Two covered entities who discovered breaches last summer first notifying patients
Two breaches that were first reported to HHS in November have now been more fully disclosed. Both of the following breaches were first reported to HHS in November as impacting 500 or 501 patients — entries that this site usually suspects are just “markers” for “we have no idea yet how many were impacted.” Anne…
Griggsville-Perry School District hit by ransomware attack; early dismissal
KHQA reported yesterday: The Griggsville-Perry School District in Pike County, Ill., has been the victim of ransomware hackers who are holding files hostage in return for a ransom. While administrators and staff deal with the fallout, schools in the district will dismiss early on Thursday and Friday. Shuttle busses will run at noon, and dismissal…
UK: Gloucester Council cyber attack linked to Russian hackers
BBC reports: A cyber attack which has knocked out parts of a council website has been linked to the work of Russian hackers. Gloucester City Council became aware that its IT systems had been affected on 20 December last year. Since then, the council’s online revenue and benefits, planning and customer services have been affected….