Sergiu Gatlan reports: Game developer and publisher Crytek has confirmed that the Egregor ransomware gang breached its network in October 2020, encrypting systems and stealing files containing customers’ personal info later leaked on the gang’s dark web leak site. The company acknowledged the attack in breach notification letters sent to impacted individuals earlier this month…
Category: Malware
k-12 school districts fall prey to Pysa ransomware
—– A DataBreaches.net report by Dissent and Chum1ng0 —– In Part 1 of this series, DataBreaches.net described a number of attacks by Pysa (mespinoza) threat actors on medical entities in the U.S. In Part 2, we look at eight k-12 public school districts in the U.S. who either appear on the threat actors’ dedicated leak…
Greenway Health investigating claims by threat actors of a cyberattack (updated)
Update of August 10: Following publication of our article with a statement from Greenway Health that the attack appeared to be on a former client and not them (but it was under investigation), DataBreaches.net checked the threat actor’s leak site today and found the entire listing is gone. This could mean a number of things,…
ibex Provides Notice of Data Security Incident
WASHINGTON, Aug. 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ibex today issued this announcement concerning an earlier event, disclosed by the company on October 23, 2020 in its Annual Report (Form 20-F), which may have potentially impacted the security of information relating to certain employees and their families. While ibex is unaware of any attempted or actual…
Ransomware Shuts Down Online Services in Joplin, Mo.
Debby Woodin reports: A July 7 network security incident that caused the Joplin city government’s computer system to shut down is believed to be the result of ransomware, the city said Thursday in a statement amid an ongoing investigation. An insurer has paid an unknown person $320,000 to keep any sensitive information obtained as a…
Motherboard vendor GIGABYTE hit by RansomExx ransomware gang
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Taiwanese computer hardware vendor GIGABYTE has suffered a ransomware attack, and hackers are currently threatening to release more than 112 GB of business data on the dark web unless the company agrees to their ransom demands. The Taiwanese company, primarily known for its high-performance motherboards, confirmed the attack in a phone call…