Lawrence Abrams reports: A new Sugar Ransomware operation actively targets individual computers, rather than corporate networks, with low ransom demands. First discovered by the Walmart Security Team, ‘Sugar’ is a new Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) operation that launched in November 2021 but has slowly been picking up speed. The name of the ransomware is based on the…
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France, Department of Seine-Saint-Denis: ransomware attack, several municipalities involved
Marco A. DeFelice reports: In the night between 5 and 6 December last, the ransomware group Hive managed to penetrate the IT systems of the Syndicat Intercommunal d’Informatique (SII), an IT service provider based in Bobigny, a municipality of 54,000 people north of Paris. In addition to the city of Bobigny, the SII provides IT…
UK Snack Company Hit by Ransomware Attack, Which Could Cause Delivery Delays
James Davey of Reuters reports: Hackers are hitting Britain where it hurts by targeting some of its favorite savory snacks, with the likes of Hula Hoops, KP Nuts, Butterkist popcorn and Nik Naks in their cyber sights. The company behind those brands, KP Snacks, has revealed it has been hit by a cyber-attack which could…
Update: Pellissippi State notifies individuals of data breach
NOTE: This incident was reported to the Maine State Attorney General’s Office as affecting 206,000 individuals. Nice follow-up by Pellissippi State Community College in Tennessee to their initial breach disclosure in December. From their website yesterday: Pellissippi State Community College is sending out notifications today regarding a December 2021 data security incident. That incident may…
1 in 7 Ransomware Extortion Attacks Leak Critical Operational Technology Info — Mandiant
Daniel Kapellmann Zafra, Corey Hidelbrandt, Nathan Brubaker, and Keith Lunden of Mandiant write: Data leaks have always been a concern for organizations. The exposure of sensitive information can result in damage to reputation, legal penalties, loss of intellectual property, and even impact the privacy of employees and customers. However, there is little research about the…
CareSouth Carolina hit with proposed class action lawsuit
ClassActions.org reports that CareSouth Carolina has been hit with a potential class action lawsuit. The caption is Mixon v. CareSouth Carolina, Inc. § 4:22-CV-00269 You can access a copy of the complaint at https://www.classaction.org/media/mixon-v-caresouth-carolina-inc.pdf The lawsuit stems from what the complaint describes as an attack against CareSouth in 2020 that was first reported to affected individuals…