Ben Fishwick reports: The University of Portsmouth has closed its campus due to ‘technical disruption’ to its IT network in what is believed to be a ransomware attack. The institution’s buildings are closed until April 19. Students are currently on an Easter break. Read more on The News. A notice on the university’s web site…
Category: Malware
BE: The city of Floreffe victim of a cyberattack
RTBF reports (translation): This weekend, hackers managed to render data on local servers unusable. In a statement, Albert Mabille, the mayor of Floreffe, said: On Saturday we noticed that there was a problem and then we filed a complaint directly with the police. We also requested the support of specialized services. They have not been stolen…
Update on Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority ransomware incident
As reported previously, on February 10, Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority became a victim of the DoppelPaymer ransomware operators. SuspectFile had noted that the threat actors were already dumping data less than two weeks later. Counsel to CMHA recently notified the Maine Attorney General’s office that a total of 189,008 people were impacted by the attack….
JP: Capcom confirms no credit card information was accessed during ransomware attack
Marie Dealessandri has an update to a ransomware incident involving Japanese gaming giant Capcom that was reported last year. The firm published its fourth update and a very detailed one. As Dealessandri reports: In a long statement on its website, the Japanese publisher indicated that its “internal systems are near to completely restored” and that it’s…
UK: Arup staff hit by cyberhacker attack at payroll provider
This one had first been reported on April 7 by Richard Waite: Engineering and architecture giant Arup has become the latest victim of a ransomware cyber attack […] According to data breach specialist CEL Solicitors, Arup employees had their personal details, including bank details, address and name, compromised following the attack. It says it has…
FR: Morières-lès-Avignon, Douai, Würth France suffer cyber attacks
Le Dauphiné reports (translated): Like Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, this Friday, hackers also targeted the computer system of the City of Morières-lès-Avignon. A complaint has not yet been filed but the gendarmes of the Avignon company are aware of this malicious act. In the other case, unnamed threat actors had demanded 500,000 euros for the decryption key — the same…