Nico Savidge reports: A cyberattack targeting the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority last weekend has forced a days-long shutdown of many of the agency’s computer systems. VTA officials say they believe they have contained the attack, but key systems remained offline Thursday. The authority is still trying to determine whether any personal information of customers…
Category: Malware
Ca: Canac hardware stores victims of a cyberattack
David Remillard reports (translation): The Quebec hardware store Canac was recently the target of a cyber attack, causing computer failures for nearly two weeks. For the moment, nothing suggests that sensitive data has been stolen. The cyberattack took place on April 9, confirms Patrick Delisle, the company’s marketing director. The firm seems to be cautiously optimistic…
Will Beacon Health Solutions’ incident prompt OCR to start enforcing notification “without undue delay?”
The following is a DataBreaches.net commentary. Beacon Health Solutions issued a press release yesterday about a breach they experienced last year as a business associate. Their press release provides a useful example of why OCR needs to get serious about enforcing the requirement that entities notify patients within 60 days of “discovery.” “Discovery” does not…
Palestinian Hackers Tricked Victims Into Installing iOS Spyware
Lily Hay Newman reports: Hacking activity in the Gaza Strip and West Bank has ramped up in recent years as rival Palestinian political parties spar with each other, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues, and Palestinian hackers increasingly establish themselves on the global stage. Now, Facebook has uncovered two digital espionage campaigns out of Palestine, active in 2019 and 2020, that…
Massive Qlocker ransomware attack uses 7zip to encrypt QNAP devices
Lawrence Abrams reports: A massive ransomware campaign targeting QNAP devices worldwide is underway, and users are finding their files now stored in password-protected 7zip archives. The ransomware is called Qlocker and began targeting QNAP devices on April 19th, 2021. Since then, there has been an enormous amount of activity in our support forum, and ID-Ransomware…
NL: Nearly a hundred notary offices victim of hacker
Anton Mous reports: 96 notary offices have become the victims of a cyber attack. On Friday morning, April 16, ICT supplier Managed IT from Nieuwegein was hacked by an unknown attacker. As a precaution, the company and a number of notarial software suppliers have shut down their servers and databases. The cyber attack was spotted last Friday…