Christina Bravo reports: Scripps Health confirmed Sunday their technology servers were hacked overnight, forcing the health care system to switch to offline chart systems and causing a disruption to their patient portals. Scripps did not provide any information on how the cyberattack occurred or state exactly what systems were affected by the breach. The health…
Category: Malware
Ransomware Attack On Midwest Transplant Network Affects More Than 17,000
Dan Margulies reports on a breach that had the potential to cost lifes when a transplant network was temporarily locked out of its files: Families of organ, eye and tissue donors are receiving letters this week from the Midwest Transplant Network informing them of a data breach affecting more than 17,000 individuals. The breach, a…
Ca: Whistler ransomware attack could affect thousands
Braden Dupuis reports: A ransomware attack on the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) could have far-reaching consequences, according to a cyber security expert, but there’s no way of knowing for sure until a full forensic investigation is completed. In a recent post to the dark web (a part of the internet not visible to search engines, and…
De: Information for Technische Universität Berlin Members: Several IT Services Currently Unavailable
Technische Universität Berlin (TU) has campuses in Berlin and Egypt, as well as offices in other countries. On April 30, they announced that they had become the victim of what sounds like a ransomware attack: 04/30/2021 An attack on TU Berlin’s Windows environment earlier today, 30 April 2021, has caused the University’s system to go…
Ch: Cyber-attack on Swiss Cloud Computing AG
Swiss Cloud Computing AG describes itself as a leading Swiss cloud providersfor independent software vendors (ISVs) and ICT resellers. As Nau reports, they were hit with a ransomware attack last week. The type of ransomware was not reported, but approximately 6,500 of Swiss Cloud’s customers were impacted. The company has issued an updated statement that…
Tr: Cyber attack against the company involved with the 1915 Çanakkale bridge and motorway project
DLSY, formed by four Turkish and South Korean companies: Daelim, Limak, SK E&C, and Yapı Merkezi, is responsible for the Çanakkale 1915 Bridge and Motorway Project, a project that involves 25 financial institutions from 10 countries. The partnership was hit by a cyberattack that encrypted some of the files and servers. Yurtgazetesi reports that some servers…