Earlier today, video game developer CD Projekt Red announced on Twitter that it has been hacked and a ransom demand received. “We will not give in to the demands nor negotiate with the actor, being aware that this may eventually lead to the release of the compromised data,” they write, adding that while they are…
Category: Malware
FR: The Dax hospital center targeted by a large-scale cyber attack
AC reports (translation): The telephone lines did not ring at midday. It was impossible to reach the Dax hospital center, which was targeted on Tuesday, February 9 by a large-scale cyber attack. “Our teams are doing their utmost to restore the situation as soon as possible,” said the establishment on its Twitter account. A crisis meeting…
Ransomware attack targets Ness IT company in Israel, US, India – report
Tzvi Joffre reports: A ransomware cyberattack has targeted the Ness Digital Engineering company which operates in Israel, the US and India, according to cybersecurity consultant Einat Meyron. The details of the cyberattack remain unclear, but initial reports indicate that the attack may have begun in Israel and then spread to other Ness branches around the world. […]…
Taiwan Mobile operator’s security breach hits headlines
Arthur Shay of Shay & Shay writes: On 15 January 2021 the National Communications Commission (NCC) issued an official order of recall against Taiwan Mobile, one of the country’s top three mobile operators. The order concerned Taiwan Mobile’s self-branded smartphone (the Amazing A32), which had been supplied by a Chinese company and was sold to…
Ziggy ransomware shuts down and releases victims’ decryption keys
Lawrence Abrams reports: The Ziggy ransomware operation has shut down and released the victims’ decryption keys after concerns about recent law enforcement activity and guilt for encrypting victims. […] Last week, the Fonix ransomware operation also shut down and released keys and decryptor. The Ziggy admin told BleepingComputer that they are friends with the Fonix ransomware group and are…
The Blackbaud ransomware breach — impact on school clients
In July, 2020, cloud software firm Blackbaud announced that it had been the victim of a ransomware attack that began in February of 2020 and continued until Blackbaud was able to kick the attackers out of their system in May. In order to try to protect their clients from having personal and sensitive information on…