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KY: Jefferson County PVA office hit by ransomware attack

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Dissent

Chris Otts reports: The Jefferson County Property Valuation Administrator‘s office has been hit by a ransomware attack, in which hackers are holding the agency’s data hostage for payment, PVA Colleen Younger said in an interview Monday. Younger told WDRB that the agency learned of the attack on Wednesday and had closed its office — where…

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De: Funke Media Group victim of cyberattack; widespread impact

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Dissent

NRZ reports (translation): The FUNKE media group, to which this website belongs, was the victim of a hacker attack on Tuesday. Numerous computer systems throughout Germany were affected – including our editorial offices and printing houses. The newspapers of the FUNKE media group can unfortunately only appear with an emergency issue on Wednesday. To ensure that all…

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Security Firms Form the ‘Ransomware Task Force’ Hoping to Place an Embankment

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Dissent

Bill Toulas reports: A group of 19 large companies and experts in the field of cybersecurity have felt the need to do something tangible to stop the rise of the ransomware threat, and so they have united forces under the ‘Ransomware Task Force’ (RTF). The group has the goal of developing new technical solutions, as…

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Microsoft identifies second hacking group affecting SolarWinds software

Posted on December 21, 2020 by Dissent

Sean Lyngaas reports: Microsoft revealed that a second hacking group had deployed malicious code that affects software made by SolarWinds, the federal contractor at the center of a suspected Russian espionage campaign against multiple U.S. government agencies. “[T]he investigation of the whole SolarWinds compromise led to the discovery of an additional malware that also affects…

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WA: City of Ellensburg is the victim of a ransomware cyberattack

Posted on December 21, 2020 by Dissent

Dylan Carter reports that the city confirms it is the victim of a ransomware attack. The type of ransomware has not been named publicly, nor the amount of any ransom demand. The majority of the City of Ellensburg’s network drives and data cannot be accessed. With that being the case, all city departments are being…

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Huntsville City School warns parents that personal info may have been stolen in ransomware attack

Posted on December 21, 2020 by Dissent

On December 1, Huntsville City Schools shut down classes for the day due to a ransomware threat. Now, after three weeks of investigating the situation, the district is warning parents about personal information being compromised in the attack. Megan Reyna of WAAY31 reports: School leaders say it is possible social security numbers and email addresses…

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