Justin Hendry reports: Media monitoring provider Isentia has put the immediate cost of a “significant” ransomware attack on its flagship intelligence and insights service last week at at least $7 million. The incident, disclosed on Tuesday last week, disrupted the operation of the company’s SaaS platform, Mediaportal. Mediaportal is Isentia’s all-in-one platform used by both public…
Category: Malware
Cyberattack shuts down Saskatchewan Polytechnic
David Giles reports: Online and in-person classes have been cancelled at Saskatchewan Polytechnic following a cybersecurity attack. School officials said classes are cancelled until Nov. 5 while IT staff work with outside experts to restore systems, with the first priority restoring online learning. Read more on Global News. Sounds like a ransomware attack, but they haven’t actually said….
NetWalker hits CMC in Ravenna
Andrea Alberizia reports that CMC in Ravenna has been compromised by NetWalker ransomware. A team of 20 engineers from Itway has been working around the clock for four days to get the coop network fully restored. The company has no intention of paying the ransom demand. The amount of the demand was not reported, but…
REvil ransomware threat actors reveal their gaming company victim
In a recent interview with Yelisey Boguslavskiy, “UNKN” of the threat actors known as REvil (Sodinokibi) indicated that they were planning a major attack on a gaming network. Today, the threat actors added GPI (Gaming Partners International) to their dedicated leak site. GPI describes itself as a leading provider of casino currency and table game…
NH: Info may be stolen in Salem computer attack
Breanna Edelstein reports: Town officials still offline after a cybersecurity breach last week recently learned attackers were able to access internal systems, according to Town Manager Chris Dillon. At about 3:15 a.m. on Oct. 21, the town became the victim of “a sophisticated cybersecurity attack involving ransomware,” Dillon said in a statement. Read more on…
Statement from Universal Health Services
Updated Thursday, October 29, 2020, 4:30 pm ET — As previously disclosed on September 29, 2020, we experienced an information technology security incident in the early morning hours of September 27, 2020. As a result of this cyberattack, we suspended user access to our information technology applications related to operations located in the United States. While…