PA Media reports: The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) has been targeted in a cyberattack. […] “The attack is impacting our contact centre, internal systems, processes and internal communications. “We immediately enacted our robust business continuity arrangements, with our core regulatory, monitoring, flood forecasting and warning services adapting and continuing to operate. Read more on…
Category: Malware
Riverside Community Care notifies clients of October ransomware attack
On November 9, DataBreaches.net posted a commentary calling for patients to be notified sooner when their data had been stolen and dumped by ransomware threat actors. In the companion article to that post, Without Undue Delay, specific victims were listed with comments as to whether they had notified patients or not. One of those victims who…
Camera Giant Canon Targeted in Proposed Data Breach Class Action
Jake Holland reports: Camera and lens manufacturer Canon U.S.A. Inc. was hit with a proposed class action after a ransomware attack exposed current and former employees’ personal information. The plaintiffs—residents of Ohio, New York, Florida, and Illinois—allege that the company acted negligently and violated several state trade practices laws by failing to guard against the threat, according…
Sangoma Technologies Confirms Data Breach as Result of Ransomware Attack
A press release from Sangoma follows. BleepingComputer reported on the fact that they were hit by Conti ransomware. MARKHAM, Ontario, Dec. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sangoma Technologies Corporation (TSXV: STC) (the “Company” or “Sangoma”) announced that, as a result of a ransomware cyber attack on one of the Company’s servers, private and confidential data…
FL: Agency for Community Treatment Services, Inc. Notification of Ransomware Attack
Press release: TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Agency for Community Treatment Services, Inc. (“ACTS”) announced today that it has taken action after learning of a data security incident which may have compromised the personal information and/or protected health information of patients who received care from ACTS from 2000 through 2013. ACTS began providing notice…
UK: Transform Hospital Group falls prey to ransomware attack
Plastic surgery groups continue to be an attractive target for threat actors, and this week we learned that Transform Hospital Group in the U.K. has been attacked by REvil (Sodinokibi) ransomware threat actors. As proof, the REvil posted some screen shots of directories (a portion of one appears below). In a post on their dark…