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…
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Update: Dutch research funding agency, paralyzed by ransomware attack, refuses to pay up
Martin Enserink reports: Hackers published a batch of internal documents from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) on the dark web yesterday, after the agency refused to pay up in a ransomware attack. The attack, which began on 8 February, has completely knocked out the agency’s grant application and review process and cut off…
Morgan County, Missouri: DoppelPaymer publishes the first data stolen during the cyber attack
Marco De Felice reports: Morgan County in Missouri is one of the latest government institutions affected by the DoppelPaymer ransomware group. The ransomware group, during the attack on the County’s computer systems, exfiltrated sensitive documents and some of them were posted on the dark web. Read more on SuspectFile.
Ransomware attacks fuelled increase in data theft in 2020, says IBM Security
GRC World Forum reports: Ransomware attacks increased 20% in 2020 compared to the previous year, with “double-extortion” tactics used in 59% of cases, according to a report by IBM Security The 2021 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index also showed how criminals pivoted their attacks to businesses and organisations on which global Covid-19 response efforts relied, including hospitals, medical…
Lazarus targets defense industry with ThreatNeedle
Vyacheslav Kopeytsev and Seongsu Park write: We named Lazarus the most active group of 2020. We’ve observed numerous activities by this notorious APT group targeting various industries. The group has changed target depending on the primary objective. Google TAG has recently published a post about a campaign by Lazarus targeting security researchers. After taking a closer look,…
PA: Personal info might have been hacked after January Clearfield County cyber attack
WCED News reports: People associated with Clearfield County and the Clearfield County Courthouse could have been affected by a cyber attack on the county’s computer network in January. The county has sent out written notification letters to anyone who might have been affected by the data breach. That letter also includes steps that you might…