Vilius Petkauskas reports: Ukrainian police reported uncovering a group of hackers who used ransomware software to extort money from foreign businesses, mainly in the United States and South Korea. Authorities claim that hackers used Cl0p encryption software to decipher stolen data and demanded ransom for the access key. According to the police, suspects used double-extorsion,…
Category: Malware
Ca: Humber River Hospital hit by ransomware variant, prompt response prevented encryption and exfiltration
Humber River Hospital in Toronto was hit with a ransomware attack in the early hours of the morning of June 14. Their response was organized, immediate, and reportedly very effective. The following is a statement prominently displayed on their web site today: Code Grey- Update On June 14, 2021, at about 0200 hrs we experienced…
OK: Stillwater Medical Center officials investigating electronic security breach
KOCO5 has a brief item involving Stillwater Medical Center: Stillwater Medical Center officials say they recently discovered an electronic security breach that affected some of their systems. A social media post said they “immediately took steps to ensure the security of our environment, launched an investigation with the assistance of a computer forensic firm and notified law…
Kr: HMM email systems hit by cyber virus attack
Marcus Hand reports that the South Korean shipping line has disclosed a breach: HMM said that an unidentified security breach was detected to its email servers in the early hours of 12 June leading to limited access to email systems. Over the following two days it said most of the confirmed damage to the system…
WI: Menominee Casino Resort temporarily closes after cyberattack
Ben Bokun and Alice Reid report: The Menominee Casino Resort confirms it’s experiencing technical difficulties following a cyberattack. A statement from the casino said the issues were caused by an “attempted external attack on our computer systems.” Tribal Legislature Chairman Gunnar Peters told NBC 26 the security breach happened Friday. The hit to the casino was…
Br: Macaé municipality points to ransomware-type cyberattack
On June 9, Macaé issued a statement that it suffered a cyberattack. The following is a machine translation: Macaé City Hall was the target of a cyber attack on the 3rd of June, the Corpus Christi holiday. Malware (a type of program designed to infect a user’s computer and harm it in various ways) has hit…