Chris Keall reports that some of Toll’s customers are still suffering delays 18 days after it was hit by a ransomware attack. On February 5, Sergiu Gatlan had reported that the Australian transportation and logistics company that systems across multiple sites and business units had been encrypted by Mailto ransomware (dubbed “NetWalker” by the ransomware authors)….
Category: Malware
Israel says Hamas used ‘attractive’ women in thwarted cyberattack
AFP reports: Israel’s military said on Sunday it had thwarted an attempted malware attack by Hamas that sought to gain access to soldiers’ mobile phones by using seductive pictures of young women. The phones of a few dozen soldiers were affected, but the military “does not assess that there has been a substantial breach of…
1 in 6 Massachusetts Communities Hit by ‘Ransomware’ Attacks
Ryan Kath and Jim Haddadin report: Inside the Bay State, a handful of attacks against cities and towns have garnered widespread attention, though the problem may be more prevalent than many imagine. Records obtained by the NBC10 Boston Investigators show dozens of Massachusetts communities have quietly negotiated ransomware attacks, sometimes taking days or weeks to…
TX: Port Lavaca City Hall won’t pay $200k ransom demand; working to recover from Ryuk attack
Samantha Douty reports: Port Lavaca City Hall’s server fell at the hands of the Russian ryuk virus last week. The city’s Mayor Jack Whitlow said city officials are scrubbing the servers of the virus to get their system back into working order. The city has already racked up a nearly $50,000 bill, most of which…
Potential class action lawsuits filed against two more ransomware victims
On Thursday, I reported on a potential class action lawsuit that had been filed against two hospitals in Puerto Rico that suffered a ransomware attack. As I noted in my post, none of the named plaintiffs claimed that they had suffered any concrete injury or harm other than the cost and time involved in monitoring…
WV: Charleston Lube Partners, LLC Provides Notice of a Payment Card Security Event
Via PR Newswire: Charleston Lube Partners, LLC, the independent owner and operator of Quaker Steak & Lube®, Charleston, West Virginia (“restaurant”), provides notice of an event that may affect the security of payment card information used by certain customers at this restaurant between February 14, 2019 and August 19, 2019. What Happened? Charleston Lube Partners, LLC utilizes a point of…