Tom Pullar-Strecker reports: A ransomware gang appears to be releasing confidential data obtained from the hack of customers of US software company Accellion, raising fears that New Zealand banks may be next to have data exposed. The Reserve Bank admitted it had been subject to a serious data breach in January, which occurred when a…
Category: Malware
Cleveland – Ohio, CMHA: Doppel Paymer ransomware publishes first stolen data
Marco De Felice (@amvinfe) reports: On February 10, the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority was one of the latest victims of a cyber attack by Doppel Paymer. The group of cybercriminals wasted no time and yesterday uploaded the first exfiltrated documents to their site in the Tor network. According to a statement made by a spokesperson for CMHA, the…
AO: Ministry of Finance suffers cyber attack
Translation of Portuguese article: The technological platform to support the activities of the Ministry of Finance, with access to emails and shared folders, was the target of a cyber attack on Thursday, with unidentified origins and motivations, according to a statement from the institution. Despite the situation, it reassures that salary processing services and revenue…
Finnish IT Giant Hit with Ransomware Cyberattack
All Tech reports: A big Finnish IT service provider has been hit with a ransomware attack that has compelled the corporation to turn off some products and services and infrastructure in a disruption to shoppers, while it usually takes restoration steps. Norwegian business enterprise journal E24 claimed the attack on Espoo, Finland-primarily based TietoEVRY on…
Inside a ransomware attack on a small trucking company
Nate Tabak reports: George got the email a week after the ransomware attack on the small trucking and logistics company he manages. It contained screenshots from within the firm’s transportation management system, or TMS, the digital nerve center that orchestrates the movement of trucks and freight. The hackers sent the screenshots among other stolen data….
Ca: Saint John won’t pay ransom to hackers, city manager says
Julia Wright of CBC reports: The city of Saint John has no plans to pay hackers a ransom after its network was attacked three months ago. In his regular update to common council Monday, city manager John Collin said the city had a backup system in place and “the vast majority” of the data has…