Alice Richardson reports: The company in charge of Trafford’s bin collections and cleaning the borough’s street has suffered a major cyber attack and sensitive personal, financial and commercial details have been leaked. Amey PLC, which has a super contract with Trafford council to manage its infrastructure, was targeted by Mount Lock ransomware group in an…
Category: Malware
WA: Okanogan Co. government hit with cyber attack, working to restore systems
Emily Oliver reports: The Okanogan County government is dealing with a computer cyber attack that has impacted its phone system and emails. The attack is also affecting Okanogan County Public Health, according to the Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office. Read more on KXLY. h/t, @Chum1ng0
CHwapi hospital hit by ransomware; operations canceled, and another city hit
Another hospital has been hit with ransomware. The following is a Google translation of a report The CHwapi, hospital center of Picardy Wallonia in Tournai, was the victim of a computer attack on Sunday evening. All non-urgent operations were canceled on Monday. No ransom demand has been demanded, according to management. The CHwapi was the…
FIN11 e-crime group shifted to CL0P ransomware and big game hunting
Derek B. Johnson reports: The financially motivated FIN11, which increasingly incorporated CL0P ransomware into their operations in 2020, appeared to rely on low-effort volume techniques like spamming malware for initial entry, but put a substantial amount of effort into each follow-up compromise. “Several of their recent ransom notes explicitly name data stolen from workstations that…
TX: Hendrick: Computer network breach compromised some patients’ information
Laura Gutschke reports: Hendrick Health System on Friday began notifying patients that some identifying information may have been compromised during a network security breach identified Nov. 20. An investigation determined that patient information may have been accessible between Oct. 10 and Nov. 9, the release said, including patient names, Social Security numbers, demographic and other limited…
Hy-Vee agrees to settle the class action lawsuit over payment card data breach
In August, 2019, Hy-Vee announced that it was investigating a payment card breach affecting customers who had used some of their fuel pumps, drive-thru coffee shops, and restaurants. Three days later, Brian Krebs reported: On Tuesday of this week, one of the more popular underground stores peddling credit and debit card data stolen from hacked…