KNWA reports: Crawford County is still dealing with a cyberattack that happened around Christmas. According to the assistant to the county judge, unknown ransomware hit the county’s servers on December 26. Some limited previous coverage on the breach can be found here.
Category: Malware
Hacktivists Claim Ransomware Strike on Belarus Railway Intended to Disrupt Russian Forces
Hacktivism is not dead, although it hasn’t been in the news quite as much as financially driven ransomware incidents these past few years. Lucas Ropek reports: In an apparent bid to stop a Russian arms build-up near the Ukrainian border, a “pro-democracy” hacktivist group claims to have hacked the Belarusian railway system—allegedly one of the conduits for tanks and…
Some members getting alerted about a September ransomware attack, Charlotte YMCA says
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…
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…