As seen on KNWU: November 27, 2020 We regret to report that a data hack has taken place in our old MijnKNWU environment. It is no longer in use for the public since the beginning of this year, but was still accessible for internal and historical use. The breach affected the personal information of our members or people…
Category: Malware
Colorado mental health services provider reveals September attack impacted hundreds of thousands of clients and employees
It appears that AspenPointe, a Colorado provider of outpatient and inpatient crisis ,mental health, substance abuse, and behavioral services across the lifespan, is notifying employees and clients of a cyberattack that resulted in exfiltration of data. In a notice on their web site, which appears addressed more to employees than clients, they write: As you…
The Haute-Ariège Community of Communes hit by a cyberattack and a ransom demand
Nicolas Drusian reports (translation:) Friday, November 6, 2020, the systems of the Community of Communes Haute-Ariège (CCHA) were the subject of a general hack. The software and the data were encrypted, “making the whole system unusable for many weeks”, specifies the CCHA. The perpetrators of the cyberattack then demanded a ransom in order to decrypt this data. A threat to which…
Finistère Habitat paralyzed by a cyberattack
The following is a translation: The social landlord Finistère Habitat has been the target for more than ten days of a serious computer attack. The services of the departmental office have been hampered since November 13 by ransomware. A type of malware that encrypts data and demands a ransom to unlock it. For Finistère Habitat, it is the…
Manchester United getting assistance from UK’s cyber security agency after attack
PA reports: The Premier League club confirmed the hacking on 20th November and said it was not ‘aware of any breach of personal data associated with our fans and customers’. As of 26th November, club staff still did not have access to email, and some other functions were also unavailable. Read more on Sports Pro.
Two more k-12 school districts allegedly hit by ransomware threat actors
Spring Independent School District in Houston, Texas is closed for Thanksgiving week, but I wonder if any of their staff are working anyway in response to a claimed ransomware attack by Egregor threat actors. There is no date on Egregor’s site to show when they claim to have locked up the district’s files. And they…