Sean Lyngaas reports: Halvor Molland was asleep on a brisk night in Oslo, Norway’s capital, two years ago when his phone rang around 3 a.m. The computer servers of Norsk Hydro, the global aluminum producer where Molland is senior vice president for communications, had seized up as a crippling ransomware infection spread through the company’s networks….
Category: Malware
J&B Importers falls victim to a ransomware attack
Bicycle Retailer reports: JBI was the victim of a ransomware attack Thursday, shutting down the global wholesale distributor’s website. A representative at JBI told BRAIN none of its customers’ business information was affected because that information is stored off-site. Read more on Bicycle Retailer. h/t, @Chum1ng0
Canadian retailer Home Hardware hit by ransomware
Howard Solomon reports: One of the country’s biggest privately-held dealer-owned hardware retailers has acknowledged it was hit by ransomware, with the threat group promising to start releasing copied data today, April 2. Home Hardware Stores Ltd., with over 1,050 stores under the Home Hardware, Home Building Centre, and Home Furniture banners, acknowledged to ITWorldCanada.com an attack…
The largest supplier of car parts based in Cluj-Napoca, blackmailed by hackers
Monitorul reports (translation): The company Unix Auto SRL, the largest supplier of car parts in Transylvania based in Cluj-Napoca is subject to a cyber attack, the hackers demanding a considerable amount of money to return the company’s database. Unix Auto currently has supply points in all cities and municipalities in Transylvania. Thus, the car parts supplier…
MO: Affton School District discloses ransomware attack; current and former employees impacted
On February 25, Affton School District notified its community about a ransomware attack. As part of their notification, they wrote: We do not believe any sensitive information has been accessed and no personal data, financial information, or grades have been found to be compromised. As a routine layer of protection, this information is stored on…
Hackers Hit Italian Menswear Brand Boggi Milano With Ransomware
Daniele Lepido reports: A group of hackers executed a ransomware attack Wednesday on Italian menswear premium brand Boggi Milano, according to people familiar with the matter and documents seen by Bloomberg. … The hacker group called Ragnarok said on its dark web blog that it targeted Boggi Milano servers and stole about 40 gigabytes of corporate…