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FR: Hackers attack Telethon: biotech YposKesi targeted with ransomware

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Dissent

Damien Licata Caruso and Nolwenn Cosson  report (translated): It is a new type of ransomware that has specialized in targets in the healthcare industry. In a publication on their DarkWeb site, the Babuk group of cybercriminals claimed responsibility for the intrusion and theft of 23 GB of data from YposKesi’s computer system on Friday evening. The result…

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Hackers hit Harris in latest ‘highly sophisticated’ cyber attack

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Dissent

James Carr reports: One of the country’s largest academy trusts has become the latest victim of a targeted ransomware cyber attack – with laptops used by pupils and email systems disabled. Harris Federation, which runs 49 schools, detected the attack on Saturday, and has been working through the weekend to resolve the issues. A Schools Week investigation last…

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Ransomware admin is refunding victims their ransom payments

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Dissent

Ionut Ilascu reports: After recently announcing the end of the operation, the administrator of Ziggy ransomware is now stating that they will also give the money back. It appears that this is a planned move since the admin shared the “good news” a little over a week ago, but gave no details. Read more on…

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Ca: Hackers demand ransom from Town of Didsbury in cyber attack

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Dissent

Dan Singleton reports: The Town of Didsbury was the victim of a cyber-attack on Sunday, March 21 when fraudsters encrypted the town’s information systems with ransomware and made a ransom demand to decrypt the system, town officials said Friday. Mayor Rhonda Hunter declined to say whether the Town of Didsbury has paid a ransom to…

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More details emerged about FatFace ransomware attack

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Dissent

An attack on FatFace was already attracting media attention for the firm’s  attempt to get people to keep their breach notification email confidential.  Naturally, it got more attention that way. But on March 27, SuspectFile reported that the breach, first disclosed at the end of March, was more serious than what had been revealed previously….

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Bedfordshire: Cyber-attack destroys school pupils’ coursework

Posted on March 28, 2021 by Dissent

BBC reports: Pupils’ coursework has been destroyed in a “significant” cyber-attack on a school. Redborne Upper School and Community College in Bedfordshire said the attack took place on Wednesday. Although no data was taken, the school’s servers were left unreadable resulting in “the loss of a significant amount of data”, it added. Read more on…

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