The following is a translation of a press release from the Canton of Basel-Stadt Education Department that appears at https://www.bs.ch/nm/2021-allgemeine-gewerbeschule-ags-wird-ziel-eines-professionellen-hackerangriffs-ed.html: All of the school’s servers are currently unavailable, so no data can be accessed. To ensure that school starts on Monday, a temporary WLAN network was activated, the data center isolated and the host systems shut…
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AT: Nah&Frisch Wieser Türnitz hit by ransomware attack
Gila Wohlmann reports (translation): “Due to cyberattacks and blackmail, we will probably be closed from Wednesday, April 7th.” This note has been hanging on Georg Wieser’s Türnitzer “Nah & Frisch” market for the past few days. “We just wanted to inform our customers, the EDP is now taking care of rectification,” he confirms the incident…
Another French hospital hit by cyberattack
Mathieu Ferri reports (translation): The phone no longer answers at the Saint-Gaudens hospital (Haute-Garonne). According to information from France Bleu Occitanie, the Comminges-Pyrénées hospital center has been the victim of a computer attack since around 4 a.m. , this Thursday, April 8, which greatly disrupts its operation. A ransom demand has been presented, explains the…
MA: City of Lawrence hit with significant ransomware attack
Ted Daniel reports: 25 Investigates is confirming that the city of Lawrence has been hit with a significant ransomware attack. A source has told Boston 25 that major city services have been impacted and the FBI is now involved. Boston 25 reached out to the mayor’s office, but they have not responded. Read more on…
Data breach at Atascadero State Hospital more serious than originally thought
Malea Martin reports: A data breach at Atascadero State Hospital appears to be more severe than state officials initially thought, as the investigation into what happened remains ongoing. On March 18, the Department of State Hospitals (DSH) announced that an employee with access to Atascadero State Hospital data servers improperly obtained more than 1,400 patient and former patient names,…
Ransomware attack forces Haverhill Schools to cancel classes
Erin Tiernan reports: At a time when a shift to remote learning has all but made snow days obsolete, Haverhill Public Schools students will be getting one in April after a ransomware attack forced administrators to cancel school on Thursday. The Haverhill Public School District said its IT department noticed early Wednesday morning that something…