Phillip Blancher reports from Ottawa: An October 18 ransomware attack has left personal data exposed by the local French-Public school board. The Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario issued a press release November 30 announcing it had been attacked, and that after resecuring the network it was discovered that some files stored at…
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FBI says the Cuba ransomware gang made $43.9 million from ransom payments
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The US Federal Bureau of Investigations said today that the operators of the Cuba ransomware have earned at least $43.9 million from ransom payments following attacks carried out this year. In a flash alert sent out on Friday, the Bureau said the Cuba gang has “compromised at least 49 entities in five critical…
Welcome surprise: threat actors give victim school district a free decryptor.
On November 23, DataBreaches.net reported that Avos Locker threat actors had added Beaverhead County High School in Montana to their leak site. At the time, this site reported: From their listing, Avos Locker is clearly aware that this is a tiny school district with only a few hundred students and less than two dozen teachers….
NY: Riverhead schools hit by ransomware attack, shutting down computer and tech infrastructure
Alek Lewis reports: The Riverhead Central School District was hit by a ransomware attack this morning, shutting down the district’s computer and technology infrastructure for what officials said could be several days. The district sent out a statement this morning at 8:48 a.m. on their social media alerting parents to what was then described as…
Snatch ransomware team adds health insurer victim to their leak site
In April, CareFirst BlueCross Blue Shield posted a notice on its website concerning a ransomware attack in January. The health plan’s announcement reports that the preliminary assessments suggested that: the attack was limited to CHPDC. Early analysis also indicates that members of other CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield companies, the Federal Employees Program (FEP) and Federal…
Cyber attack on Kisters AG by orchestrated ransomware attack
On November 10-11, Kisters AG in Germany was hit by a ransomware attack. Because the firm is a critical infrastructure supplier for energy systems and with the potential for downstream compromise, this one has raised significant concerns. The following are some translated snippets from energie.blog, which has been providing updates on the attack: Update: 11/21/2021:…