Ginger Christ reports: Universal Health Services said Thursday that the company lost $67 million in the second half of 2020 as a result of a September cyberattack. The Sept. 29 malware attack caused King of Prussia, Pa.-based UHS to temporarily take all of its U.S. information technology networks offline, including systems for medical records, laboratories and pharmacies. Servers…
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NL: Secondary school in Lochem pays ransom after cyber attack criminals
NOS reports: Staring College, with offices in Lochem and Borculo, has paid ransom to cyber criminals who locked files. School board member Carlien Krist-Spit tells Omroep Gelderland that payment has been made to prevent education from being given for a longer period of time. The school noted the attack on Tuesday. A lot of data suddenly turned out to…
Ryuk ransomware now self-spreads to other Windows LAN devices
While French news outlets have been reporting on ransomware attacks there, they have been relatively quiet on the type of ransomware or details of attacks, other than an occasional mention of Ryuk. Now Sergiu Gatlan reports: A new Ryuk ransomware variant with worm-like capabilities that allow it to spread to other devices on victims’ local…
Ransomware gang hacks Ecuador’s largest private bank, Ministry of Finance
Lawrence Abrams reports: A hacking group called ‘Hotarus Corp’ has hacked Ecuador’s Ministry of Finance and the country’s largest bank, Banco Pichincha, where they claim to have stolen internal data. The ransomware gang first targeted Ecuador’s Ministry of Finance, the Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas de Ecuador, where they deployed a PHP-based ransomware strain to…
FR: Manutan Group addresses ransomware incident
The Manutan Group in France issued a statement on February 24 about a ransomware attack. The company, which specializes in the distribution of equipment and accessories for businesses and communities, noted that the attack occurred on February 21, and the company shut down all information systems as a precaution. Read more on their web site….
Florida Studio Theatre recovering from ransomware attack
Jay Handelman reports: Florida Studio Theatre was hit by a ransomware attack on its business systems over Valentine’s Day weekend that compromised some internal office files, but Managing Director Rebecca Hopkins said Thursday there is no evidence so far that any patron information or credit card numbers were affected. The attack happened on Feb. 12…