There’s a follow-up to the report that LaPorte, Indiana was hit by malware more than one week ago. The county has reportedly paid $132k to the attackers. FoxNews reports: In a written statement, the president of the county’s Board of Commissioners said, “This particular virus, Ryuk, that was used by the bad actors in this…
Category: Malware
Tourism ministry’s servers breached
Matthew Moxey reports from Nassau, Bahamas: The Ministry of Tourism is the latest government entity to fall victim to a security breach, according to Minister of Tourism Dionisio D’Aguilar, who told Eyewitness News Online that his ministry’s information systems were infected with a virus Tuesday. The virus impacted a host of digital files. Read more on…
Security increased at Baltimore city buildings after fired IT employee gains access to sensitive areas
Kevin Rector reports: Security is being increased at Baltimore’s municipal buildings after a former employee, fired for having alleged hacking tools on his city computer, managed to gain “unfettered access” to sensitive areas at the Abel Wolman Municipal Building downtown, according to a report by the city’s inspector general and multiple sources familiar with the…
Radio station WMNF victim of ransomware cyberattack
Christopher Spata reports: Tampa-based community radio station WMNF 88.5-FM is stepping up cybersecurity after its computer systems were hobbled by ransom-seeking hackers last month. Interim general manager Cindy Reichard said the ordeal began June 18 when a programmer noticed a computer in one of the studios was acting strangely. The station then received a digital…
TN: Town of Collierville computer systems attacked by ransomware
David Royer reports: The Town of Collierville’s computer systems have been attacked by ransomware blocking access to some files. Collierville officials confirmed the cyberattack Thursday morning Read more on WREG.
Potter County Sheriff’s Office continues to recover from ransomware attack
Hmmm. I don’t think I had ever seen earlier reports on this attack, but it sounds like it was seriously disabling for the Potter County’s Sheriff’s Office in Texas: The Potter County Sheriff’s Office continues to recover from the ransomware attack that happened back in April. Sheriff Brian Thomas said they have been able to…