On May 26, DataBreaches.net reported on a ransomware attack on Clover Park School District in Washington state. The story had originally been broken by KIRO7, who had been sent screencaps by a district employee. As of May 26, and even as of June 2 in its last posted update, the district referred to the incident…
Category: Malware
Is REvil really gone? Lots of speculation, no confirmation of anything yet.
The “Happy Blog” leak site belonging to the Sodinokibi threat actors known as “REvil” (“Are Evil”) is offline, and their spokesperson “Unknown” has been silent for a few days. Lawrence Abrams of Bleeping Computer says all of REvil’s sites are down, including the payment site. So have they folded? REvil’s “Unknown” consistently said they would…
Parts of Kazakhstan e-gov portal infected with Razy malware
Razy malware has been around for a number of years now, and is still causing trouble. A Windows-based malware, one of the reasons that the malware has continued to be effective is that it can appear to be free software or a file on what would normally be a trusted site by the public, such…
ME: York Animal Hospital hit by ransomware, lost all patient records for past four years.
Camille Fine reports: The team at York Animal Hospital has nearly finished manually reentering inventory data that was lost to a ransomware attack that wiped all patient records from the past four years. “Five phone lines have been ringing off the hook,” owner Bill Walak said Monday. “We’ve been inundated all day.” People have been calling to make appointments…
Dotty’s Reveals Details about Data Breach Incident
Jerome Garcia reports: Dotty’s, a company that runs some 120 gaming venues in Nevada, has reportedly suffered a data breach. Owned by Craig Estey and his Nevada Restaurant Services (NRS) company, it seems that Dotty’s was the victim of a cyberattack related to malware earlier this year. Dotty’s data breach was first unveiled last week by Vital Vegas, a website run by Scott…
Update on The Woodruff Institute ransomware incident
On June 20, DataBreaches.net reported that The Woodruff Institute in Florida had been attacked by “Grief” threat actors. At that time, the threat actors had dumped some files concerning business operations from the multi-location plastic surgery and dermatology practice, but other than about 50 laboratory test result reports for patients, there was not a tremendous number…