The Journal of Emergency Medical Services reports that AAA Ambulance Service in Mississippi was the target of an attempted ransomware attack over the summer. A notice posted on the ambulance service’s site explains that on or about July 1, they discovered an attempted attack, and took immediate steps to prevent the encryption of their systems…
Category: Malware
Insurance firm Ardonagh Group disabled 200 admin accounts as ransomware infection took hold
Gareth Corfield reports: Jersey-headquartered insurance company Ardonagh Group has suffered a potential ransomware infection. Informed sources whispered to The Register that the insurance firm had been forced to suspend 200 internal accounts with admin privileges as the “cyber incident” progressed through its IT estate. Read more on The Register.
Was OFAC’s Advisory an October Surprise or More of the Same?
Lee A. Casey and Theodore J. Kobus III of BakerHostetler comment on the recent OFAC advisory that made a lot of headlines this past week. As I had pointed out in my preface to coverage of the advisory, it was footnoted that the advisory does not have the force of law or change any regulations…
Clinical Trials Hit by Ransomware Attack on Health Tech Firm
Nicole Perlroth reports: A Philadelphia company that sells software used in hundreds of clinical trials, including the crash effort to develop tests, treatments and a vaccine for the coronavirus, was hit by a ransomware attack that has slowed some of those trials over the past two weeks. The attack on eResearchTechnology Inc., which has not…
Two North American hospitality merchants hacked in May and June
Catalin CImpanu reports: In a security alert published on Thursday, US payments processor Visa revealed that two North American hospitality merchants were hacked and had their system infected with point-of-sale (POS) malware earlier this year. […] Visa published on Thursday a security alert [PDF] with a description of the two security breaches and the malware…
New Jersey hospital paid ransomware gang $670K to prevent data leak
Lawrence Abrams reports: University Hospital New Jersey in Newark, New Jersey, paid a $670,000 ransomware demand this month to prevent the publishing of 240 GB of stolen data, including patient info. The attack on the hospital occurred in early September by a ransomware operation known as SunCrypt, who infiltrates a network, steals unencrypted files, and then…