On June 1, DataBreaches.net reported that DoppelPaymer threat actors had apparently attacked Union Community School District in Iowa and exfiltrated data about employees and students. Neither the district’s superintendent nor any board of education members had responded to this site’s inquiries about whether there had been any public disclosure of the breach that occurred in…
Category: Malware
Avaddon ransomware shuts down and releases decryption keys
Lawrence Abrams reports: The Avaddon ransomware gang has shut down operation and released the decryption keys for their victims to BleepingComputer.com. This morning, BleepingComputer received an anonymous tip pretending to be from the FBI that contained a password and a link to a password-protected ZIP file. […] In total, the threat actors sent us 2,934 decryption…
Healthcare entities in Saudi Arabia, Illinois, and Mississippi fall prey to Xing Team
Note: updates to the breaches included in this report appear below the original post. Some threat actors have gained a lot of notoriety while others are lesser known. In this article, DataBreaches.net reports on a relatively unknown group that has been hitting the healthcare sector, “Xing Team.” Like other groups, Xing maintains a dedicated leak…
Cost of ransomware attack on Baltimore County public schools climbs to $7.7M
Lillian Reed reports: Baltimore County school officials estimate the ransomware attack in November will cost the system at least $7.7 million, nearing what Baltimore City spent following a similar attack in 2019. The estimated costs cover a wide range of programs, services, trainings and licenses that helped Maryland’s third-largest school system respond to and recover…
Fr: Camaïeu retailer and municipality of Pont-Saint-Esprit by security incidents
Marc Grosclaude of La Voix du Nord reports that retailer Camaïeu was hit by a cyberattack that has left it with stocks running low and difficulty in replenishing stock with computer systems affected. Quotes below are machine translations from the original French. “We don’t really know what’s going on,” admits a saleswoman from a…
The Ruthless Cyber Gang Behind the Hospital Ransomware Crisis
Kevin Poulsen and Melanie Evans report on Ryuk threat actors: A ransomware attack on a national hospital chain nearly brought Las Vegas hospitals to their knees. Another attack in Oregon abruptly shut down alerts tied to patient monitors tracking vital signs. In New York, one county’s only trauma center briefly closed to ambulances, with the…