Arno Schuetze, John Miller and David Dolan report: German blue-chip companies BASF, Siemens, Henkel (HNKG_p.DE) along with a host of others said on Wednesday they had been victims of cyber attacks, confirming a German media report which said the likely culprit was a state-backed Chinese group. Public broadcaster ARD said the hackers used a type…
Category: Malware
CT: Schools Targeted by Hackers
Kristen Johnson reports: Three Connecticut schools have been targeted by ransomware attacks. In two of the cases student and staff information was accessed, though officials in those districts say there is no evidence that it was misused. Read more on NBC.
WA: Hospital still mum on ransomware attack
Springhill Medical Center isn’t the only hospital not revealing a lot about a ransomware attack. Doug Barker reports that Grays Harbor Community Hospital officials are keeping mum, too, allegedly based on advice they received. But they noted: “Nothing has changed in terms of patient care,” Bruce said. “We’re still seeing patients, surgeries are still going…
Springhill Medical Center victim of ransomware attack
Brad Gunther reports: Mobile Police have confirmed to NBC 15 that Springhill Medical Center has been the victim of a cyber-attack. For its part, the Alabama medical center has not been particularly forthcoming with details, although they did issue a statement on Tuesday, as reported by NBC: We’d like to assure our patients and the…
Gov. Edwards Activates State Resources to Assist With Ongoing Cybersecurity Incident
A very unusual — and serious response to a threat to government cybersecurity. Thanks to Doug Levin @k12cybermap for pointing us to this press release: July 24 — Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards issued a state-wide Emergency Declaration in response to an ongoing cybersecurity incident that is affecting several local government agencies. The declaration makes…
Attacking the Heart of the German Industry
Hakan Tanriverdi, Svea Eckert, Jan Strozyk, Maximilian Zierer, and Rebecca Ciesielski report: This investigation starts with a code: daa0 c7cb f4f0 fbcf d6d1. If you know what to look for, you’ll find Winnti. Hackers who have been spying on businesses all over the world for years. A group, presumably China-based, has honed in on Germany…