I had missed this ransomware incident report last week from Marah Brock: On March 15, the Bluffton Township Fire District’s electronic systems were hacked. Officials said in a press release that during the day personnel reported district-wide issues accessing server information, reporting systems and everyday computer programs. Read more on Fox28media. They do not report…
Category: Malware
Ameren Missouri Equipment Supplier Targeted In Ransomware Attack
Shahla Farzan reports: Ransomware attackers have stolen data from a third-party vendor that supplies utility equipment to Ameren Missouri power plants. Dozens of data files from Ohio-based LTI Power Systems appeared on a ransomware server in late February, including equipment diagrams and schematics from two Ameren Missouri facilities. No customer information appears to have been…
UK medical firm poised for work on coronavirus had been hit by Maze ransomware
Bill Goodwin has an important update on the Maze ransomware group’s attack on a London entity that does clinical pharmacology testing. I had blogged about the attack on this entity after Maze went back on their public pledge to stop all activity against the medical sector. Although Maze had attacked the facility before their pledge,…
Police investigate ransomware attack at Jamaica National
Jamaica Observer reports: The Jamaica National Group says the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency and other security agencies are now investigating a ransomware attack on the organisation which occurred last Saturday, March 14. The JN group said its Information Technology and Cybersecurity teams immediately acted to contain the effects of the…
(UPDATED) Healthcare Workers Targeted By Dangerous New Windows Ransomware Campaign Using Coronavirus As Bait
Update: I just caught up with Lawrence Abram’s excellent reporting on this topic. Abrams’ report gives a somewhat different impression than Forbes’ headline and report. Abrams reports that Netwalker ransomware is using COVID-19 in phishing emails that install the Netwalker ransomware, but from his reporting, it does not appear that Netwalker is specifically targeting the…
Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire? Did Maze Team go back on its word to leave medically related facilities alone?
We also stop all activity versus all kinds of medical organizations until the stabilization of the situation with virus. — Maze Team, March 18, 2020. Three days after issuing a press release claiming that they would stop all activity against all kinds of medical organizations, Maze Team appears to have gone back on its word….