Nate Tabak reports: Utility Trailer Manufacturing, one of the largest U.S. producers of trailers for the trucking industry, was targeted in an apparent ransomware attack that exposed personal information of numerous employees. The California-based company told FreightWaves that it had “suffered a cyber event” that disrupted some systems temporarily. The company disclosed the incident after…
Category: Malware
Cybersecurity incident causes disruption and some delays at Ardagh Group
Global packaging group Ardagh is a supplier of recyclable metal and glass packaging for the world’s leading brands. It operates 57 metal and glass production facilities in 12 countries, employs more than 16,000 people with sales of approximately $7 billion. In 2018, Ardagh deployed Vectra Cognito AI solution. Vectra Cognitio AI uses Machine Learning intelligence…
Update to Sincera Reproductive Medicine (formerly known as Abington Reproductive Medicine) ransomware incident
On November 8, 2020, in a report called “Without Undue Delay,” DataBreaches.net noted that Maze threat actors had a listing on their dedicated leak site for “Abington Reproductive Medicine.” The proof of claim that they posted, though, was not from Abington Reproductive, leaving us confused as to whether Abington Reproductive had really been a victim…
NC: Update to Allergy Partners ransomware incident
Back in February, there were media reports that Allergy Partners in North Carolina had been impacted by a ransomware attack on February 23. The threat actors, who were not identified, reportedly demanded $1.75 million ransom. The medical practice was able to restore services in 8 days and noted that they had not paid any ransom….
NY: Student names, vendor bank account info exposed in Buffalo Public Schools cyber attack
Mary B. Pasciak reports: When ransomware hit the Buffalo Public Schools in March, the district told students and families that investigators had not determined that any personal information had been exposed. Two months later, investigators have found that such information was exposed. Personal information about an unknown number of students, parents and employees has been…
De: Darkside threat actors attempted to extort Möbelstadt Sommerlad
Möbelstadt Sommerlad is a retail furniture store in Germany. This week, its managing director, Frank Sommerlad, disclosed that they had been the victim of a ransomware attack and extortion attempt. Marc Schäfer reports Sommerlad’s statement (machine translation): “We got away with it with a black eye,” says Frank Sommerlad, managing director of the R. Sommerlad GmbH…