This appears to be a second French newspaper to be attacked in the past few days. There’s a lot that has not been revealed: is it the same attacker? Is there any political motive? What is going on here? The Ouest-France group, headquartered in Rennes, was the victim of a cyberattack early this Saturday morning….
Category: Malware
Retail giant E-Land closes nearly half of stores due to ransomware attack
The Korea Times reports: South Korean fashion and retail conglomerate E-Land Group said Sunday it has suspended operations at nearly half of its stores in the country due to a ransomware attack. The group said its corporate network system was attacked by ransomware early in the morning. Such a malware attack has forced 23 of…
CT: Griffin Hospital website taken down in major ransomware incident
Alexander Soule reports that the Managed.com ransomware attack has indirectly impacted Griffin Hospital, although thankfully, no patient data was involved: Griffin Health has cobbled together an alternative website at griffinhealthct.org while it deals with the issue, with the telephone switchboard remaining operable at 203-735-7421. Read more on MSN.com. So far, we have no data on how…
Archdiocese of St. Louis websites down after ransomware attack
The Archdiocese of St. Louis websites are down after a “coordinated ransomware campaign,” according to a statement from the Archdiocese. The Archdiocese was made aware of the attack on Nov. 16. Read more on St. Louis Post-Dispatch. h/t, @Chum1ng0
French newspaper crippled by ransomware attack
Le Monde, in conjunction with AFP, reports that the French daily, the Paris-Normandy has been the victim of what is reportedly a ransomware attack: The Paris-Normandy daily is the victim of a cyberattack which has prevented it from updating its website since Wednesday and disrupted its paper editions, we learned, Thursday, November 19, from the daily. “We can’t update the website…
Kuurne Municipal Services Down Due to Cryptomining Attack
WTV in Belgium reports: The municipal services in Kuurne have been hit by a cyber attack. There is a computer virus in the municipal computer network and the service is disrupted. “The municipality discovered a virus in its network on Tuesday, November 17. It concerns a ‘wannamine’, an attack in which the intention is not to…