Ethan McLeod reports: Baltimore County schools are out one day early during the holiday week after the system’s networks were struck by ransomware. The school system had initially characterized the disruption as “issues with our network” Wednesday morning, but said in a follow-up post on social media that it was attributable to a ransomware attack…
Category: Malware
Illinois Valley Community College sends letter warning of data breach
Michael Urbanec reports: Illinois Valley Community College has sent out more than 160,000 letters to current and former students, faculty and applicants warning them that their data may have been compromised in connection with a data breach back in April. This attack was originally noted on this site in April, but this site had followed…
Banijay Employee Data Potentially Breached After Super-Producer Falls Victim To Cyber Attack
Jake Kanter reports: Highly sensitive employee data, including bank account details and home addresses, may have been breached after super-producer Banijay was the victim of what could be a major hack late last week. Banijay, the company behind global hits including MasterChef and Big Brother, had its IT systems compromised by a bad actor demanding a ransom, potentially exposing the…
Floor covering provider Headlam discloses data breach
Reuters reports: Floor coverings distributor Headlam Group said on Tuesday there had been an unauthorised access to some of its computer systems, resulting in some data being accessed. Certain back office systems were affected, including the email system which is now restored, the company said. Read more on Reuters.
A month after cyberattack, UVM Medical Center restores access to electronic records
Kate Jickling reports: The University of Medical Center’s electronic medical records system is up and running nearly a month after the hospital fell victim to a cyberattack. Over the weekend, the hospital tech team restored Epic health records system, giving doctors and nurses full access to patient medical history, appointments, and medications, said Al Gobeille, a vice…
Law In Order hit by ransomware attack
Ry Crozier reports: Law In Order, an Australian supplier of document and digital services to law firms, suffered a ransomware infection over the weekend that is believed to be the Netwalker malware. The company confirmed the attack in a statement on its website, which it had managed to resurrect by Tuesday evening behind the protection of Cloudflare….