Adam Bannister reports: Matthew Clark Bibendum (MCB), a distributor of alcoholic beverages and soft drinks in the UK and Ireland, says it’s working to restore IT systems following a cybersecurity incident. In a statement issued yesterday (April 18), constituent businesses Matthew Clark and Bibendum said they were “temporarily supporting customers and suppliers manually” having become…
Category: Malware
Hackers Target Iconic Japan’s Toshiba Rival Hoya With Ransomware
Daniele Lepido reports: A group of hackers executed a ransomware attack on Hoya Corp, marking the second successful attack suffered by the Japanese firm in two years. ”We can confirm that Hoya Vision Care US has experienced a cyberattack. Based on our initial forensics, the disruption appears to have been limited to our United States…
Ransomware gang tries to extort Apple hours ahead of Spring Loaded event
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The operators of the REvil ransomware are demanding that Apple pay a ransom demand to avoid having confidential information leaked on the dark web. The REvil crew claims it came into possession of Apple product data after breaching Quanta Computer, a Taiwanese company that is the biggest laptop manufacturer in the world and which is…
Es: University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) suffers a ransomware attack
cmmedia reports that the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) suffered a ransomware attack on Monday (translation): The UCLM has denounced the attack on the National Cryptological Center Computer Emergency Response Team (CNN-CERT), the body in charge of ensuring the cybersecurity of the administration and public bodies and strategic companies in the country. Notice of the…
FL: Hackers post 26,000 Broward school files online
Scott Travis reports: Hackers who demanded up to $40 million from the Broward School District have now published nearly 26,000 files stolen from district servers. An initial review by the South Florida Sun Sentinel found a few isolated incidents where confidential student or employee information was released, but none that contained Social Security numbers. The…
UK: University of Hertfordshire still hobbled by ransomware attack
Slightly more than one year after it managed to avoid an investigation by the ICO over its data protection practices, the University of Hertfordshire joined the ranks of the many educational institutions crippled by a ransomware attack. The attack reportedly occurred on April 14, and was reported on April 15. As of today, the university…