DOC reports: Department of Conservation Deputy Director General Corporate Services Rachel Bruce says DOC will be in contact with 11 people whose personal information may have been compromised in a ransomware attack. “An isolated ransomware attack occurred on 21 July at the Search and Rescue Base at Aoraki/Mount Cook. “The Search and Rescue (SAR) base…
Category: Malware
Wanted: Disgruntled Employees to Deploy Ransomware
These “insider help wanted” ads are cropping up more and more. Brian Krebs reports: Criminal hackers will try almost anything to get inside a profitable enterprise and secure a million-dollar payday from a ransomware infection. Apparently now that includes emailing employees directly and asking them to unleash the malware inside their employer’s network in exchange…
MO: Rockwood School District Provides Notice of Ransomware Incident
EUREKA, Mo., Aug. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Rockwood School District (the “District”) today is providing information about a recent event that may impact the privacy of some personal data related to current and former employees and students. The confidentiality, privacy, and security of information in the District’s care is one of its highest priorities and the District takes…
Willdan Group, Inc. (“Willdan”) Provides Notice Of Data Privacy Incident
The following press release relates to an incident that Conti claimed in February, 2021. Conti dumped data from the entity on March 1, 2021 consisting of of more than 136 GB of data in 97,000 files. ANAHEIM, Calif., Aug. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Willdan Group, Inc. (“Willdan”) is providing notice of a recent incident that may affect the…
Renner Stores Goes Down After Ransomware Infection
The following is a machine translation of an article by Felipe Payão: Lojas Renner allegedly had its system infected by ransomware this Thursday afternoon (19th). According to images posted on social networks, the company is already being extorted for the amount of US$ 1 billion to release the files, around R$ 5.4 billion at the current…
Indra hacking group blamed for attack on Iranian railway system that trolled country’s supreme leader
Graham Cluley reports: On 9 July, Iran’s railroad system came under attack from hackers. The attackers posted messages on station departure boards warning of “long delay[s] because of cyberattack”, and suggesting inconvenienced passengers call “64411” for more information. 64411 is reportedly the telephone number of the office of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader. With…