TAS News Service reports: Muscat: Oman United Insurance Co SAOG, one among the largest insurers in the country has disclosed a “ransomware attack” on the company’s data centre early this month. In a filing to the Capital Market Authority (CMO) on Thursday, the company revealed that its systems were attacked on January 1st and said it…
Category: Malware
New Jersey Synagogue Suffers Sodinokibi Ransomware Attack
Lawrence Abrams reports: Temple Har Shalom in Warren, New Jersey had their network breached by the actors behind the Sodinokibi Ransomware who encrypted numerous computers on the network. In an email seen by BleepingComputer, Temple Har Shalom informed their congregation that they discovered the ransomware attack on January 9th after staff had trouble connecting to the…
Nebraska hospital 80% recovered after November ransomware attack
Mackenzie Garrity reports: North Platte, Neb.-based Great Plains Health is nearly recovered following a ransomware attack in November 2019 that encrypted the hospital’s computers, according to local NBC affiliate KNOP. Hospital officials say they are 80 percent finished with the recovery processes. Only thing left to recover is archived information, which hospital officials say is rarely used. Read…
NY: Town of Colonie got hacked; looks to avoid paying ransomware demand of about $400,000
Jim Franco reports: The town’s computer system was hacked, and the cyber extortionists are asking for about $400,000 in Bitcoin cryptocurrency to unlock it. But, said Supervisor Paula Mahan, the town is operating on a backup system that is allowing day-to-day operations to continue. “We have all of our data and our backup system is…
CA: Panama-Buena Vista School District ransomware attack will delay report cards
23ABC reports: The Panama-Buena Vista School District said that due to the recent ransomware attack, teachers will not be able to get report cards out on time. On Jan. 10, the district was hit with a cyber ransomware attack that caused a technology and phone outage at multiple schools. Read more on Turnto23.com.
WV: Recovery continues in Wood County schools after 2019 ransomware attack
Shauna Johnson reports: The new year is underway in public schools in Wood County with recovery work still continuing following last fall’s ransomware attack that knocked the entire school system offline. “Everything’s up and running at this time, but we’re still working through a couple of kinks in our technological systems,” Will Hosaflook, Wood County superintendent…