Sergiu Gatlan reports: Taiwan-based leading memory and storage manufacturer ADATA says that a ransomware attack forced it to take systems offline after hitting its network in late May. ADATA manufactures high-performance DRAM memory modules, NAND Flash memory cards, and other products, including mobile accessories, gaming products, electric power trains, and industrial solutions. Read more on…
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Meat processor JBS paid $11 million in ransom to hackers.
Rebecca Robbins reports: The world’s largest meat processor said on Wednesday that it paid an $11 million ransom in Bitcoin to the hackers behind an attack that forced the shutdown last week of all the company’s U.S. beef plants and disrupted operations at poultry and pork plants. The company, JBS, said in a statement that the decision…
Emerging ‘Prometheus’ ransomware claims 30 victims in a dozen countries, Palo Alto Networks says
Tonya Riley reports: A new ransomware group claims to have breached 30 organizations in government, financial services, health care services, and energy firms in the United States, United Kingdom, and a dozen more countries, according to Palo Alto Networks research published Wednesday. The group, which Palo Alto researchers have dubbed “Prometheus,” most frequently targets the manufacturing industry….
AZ: MCCCD release findings from cyber security breach investigation
ABC reports: The Maricopa County Community College District is releasing the findings from an investigation into a cyber security breach that happened earlier this year. In March, the college district announced that suspicious activity was found on their network which resulted in a system shutdown. […] A forensic investigation determined MCCCD likely identified and prevented…
Taiwan Kadokawa notifies consumers while responding to ransomware attack
Taiwan Kadokawa Co, is part of the Kadokawa corporation group of companies. On June 3, they discovered they had been attacked. In a subsequent press release of June 4 and statement, they explained what appears to be a ransomware attack (machine translation): Taiwan Kadokawa Co., Ltd. (Taipei City, Chairman: Taketo Iwasaki, hereinafter referred to as…
Trikbot Hacker Known as Max Is 55-Year-Old Woman From Russia, U.S. Says
Kartikay Mehrotra reports: Alla Witte’s plans for a new career as a computer programmer included helping clients make enough money to see the world, according to YouTube videos and social media posts. She was in her late 40s with a degree in applied mathematics and an itch to do computer programming. But there was a…