Harris Federation is not the only school academy trust hit by ransomware recently. Also hit in March was the Castle School Education Trust (CSET). As reported by Bristol Live, that attack affected not only CSET’s seven schools but 17 others maintained by the local authority who relied on the academy group’s IT infrastructure. While no ransom…
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FR: The Bourbon Group hit by a cyber attack
Bourbon Group is a French firm involved in maritime and offshore shipping services in 44 countries. Le Figaro and AFP report (translation): The maritime services group for the Bourbon oil industry has been hit by a cyber attack that locks up its computer system, it said Tuesday. Christelle Loisel, vice president of communication said, stating…
IT: Asti DOCG consortium targeted by hackers
The Consortium for the Promotion of Asti has a mission: to promote the value of Asti DOCG and Moscato d’Asti wines — in Italy and in the world. Elisabetta Testa reports that they have suffered an attack (translation): The attack, which affected the servers of an external company, resulted in the temporary suspension of the…
Cyber attacks on the municipalities of Brescia, Caselle Torinese and Rho: first stolen data published
Marco A. De Felice has an update on some Italian municipalities hit by DoppelPaymer ransomware. This site has previously reported that Brescia and Rho had been hit, but now De Felice reports that DoppelPaymer operators have started dumping data from Brescia, Caselle Torinese, and Rho: The three municipalities decide not to pay the ransom requested…
Detecting Clop Ransomware
Splunk Threat Research Team reports: As ransomware campaigns continue, malicious actors introduce different modus operandi to target their victims. In this blog, we’ll be taking a look at the Clop ransomware. This crimeware was discovered in 2019 and is said to be used for an attack that demanded one of the highest ransom amounts in recorded history…
Houston Rockets Hit by “Babuk” Ransomware
Bill Toulas reports: The ransomware group known as “Babuk” has added Houston Rockets to its victim list, warning about the imminent leak of 500GB of stolen data if their payment demands aren’t met. The threat actors present screenshots of the exfiltrated files as proof of possession, showing what appears to be contracts, non-disclosure agreements, customer…