Matthew Elmas reports: Heat Group managing director Gillian Franklin was in London last year when a text message from a staffer sent her world into a tail-spin. The $130 million wholesaling business had come to a screeching halt, placed behind lock and key after a hacker infiltrated its systems in a ransomware attack. Almost everything…
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Rocky Mount hit by ransomware, investigating and trying to recover
Add Rocky Mount, North Carolina to the list of governments hit by ransomware. As of Aug. 28, they didn’t seem to yet know too much, as WITN reported: Rocky Mount leaders are trying to get the city’s network back on track after facing a cyber attack. The city is in the process of confirming what…
Already in the midst of a crisis, a Houston hospital was attacked by ransomware
It’s been a rough year for the U.S. in terms of COVID-19. And some areas have been hit worse than others. On August 1, CNN tweeted about how rough things were at Houston’s United Memorial Medical Center. Yesterday was Dr. Joseph Varon’s 134th day leading the coronavirus unit at Houston’s United Memorial Medical Center. Last…
Greenville Technical College claims no personal data affected by ransomware incident; threat actors claim otherwise
When threat actors gave Greenville Technical College in South Carolina until September 4 to respond to their ransomware demands, the college didn’t worry. They had decided not to pay because they were able to recover from the attack without paying for a decryption key. But there was a second part to the ransomware attack —…
CA: Selma Unified hit with ransomware attack
Fox26 News reports: Selma Unified School District says it was hit by hackers. The attack happened overnight locking up some of the systems Friday including the student information system. Read more on Fox26. Note that this is Selma, California, and not Alabama.
North Korean hacking gang targets banks worldwide, US Government warns
Graham Cluley writes: The US government has issued an alert about an active hacking team that has used malware to help them steal millions of dollars from banks around the world. A North Korean government-backed hacking group, known as the BeagleBoyz, are named as the group responsible for the attacks which are estimated to have attempted to…