More than five months after discovering an attack that disrupted access to some of its IT systems, Kootenai Health is sending notification letters to 464,088 patients, employees, and employees’ dependents. Kootenai Health describes itself as providing a comprehensive range of medical services to patients in north Idaho, eastern Washington, Montana and the Inland Northwest at…
Category: Malware
Leader of International Malvertising and Ransomware Schemes Extradited from Poland to Face Cybercrime Charges
Justice Department Unseals Charges Against Two Additional International Cybercriminals WASHINGTON – A Belarussian and Ukrainian dual-national charged in both the District of New Jersey and Eastern District of Virginia with leading international computer hacking and wire fraud schemes made his initial appearance in Newark, New Jersey, today after being extradited from Poland. As alleged in…
International Investigation Leads to Shutdown of RADAR-DISPOSSESSOR Ransomware Group (1)
The following takedown and operation relate, in small part, to a leak DataBreaches reported to the FBI and a hosting company. DataBreaches did not name the victim entities or RADAR-DISPOSSESSOR in that blog post to prevent others from finding or misusing the victims’ data. The dispossessor.com website now displays a seizure notice, where the word…
Surgery Center of Mid Florida notifies patients of February ransomware attack
On or about February 21, Surgery Center of Mid Florida (“SCOMF”) experienced a ransomware attack. No group has publicly claimed responsibility for the attack, but it originated with an attack on their now-former IT vendor. The attack on the unnamed vendor gave the attackers access to SCOMF. In August, SCOMF notified regulators, explaining, in part:…
Betances Health Center hit by ransomware attack; sensitive patient data leaked
On July 12, threat actors known as Hunters International added Betances Health Center in New York to their leak site. On July 25, they leaked what they claim is almost 125 GB of information consisting of 361,564 files. Betances Health Center describes itself as offering a full range of primary care and preventive services, as…
Security bugs in ransomware leak sites helped save six companies from paying hefty ransoms
Zack Whittaker reports: A security researcher says six companies were saved from having to pay potentially hefty ransom demands, in part thanks to rookie security flaws found in the web infrastructure used by the ransomware gangs themselves. Two companies received the decryption keys to unscramble their data without having to pay the cybercriminals a ransom,…