DataBreaches.Net

Menu
  • About
  • Breach Notification Laws
  • Privacy Policy
  • Transparency Report
Menu

Category: Malware

OK: Guthrie Public Schools hit by ransomware attack

Posted on September 26, 2019 by Dissent

KOCO 5 reports: Guthrie Public Schools officials said they were the victims of a cyberattack after someone hit the district with a ransomware virus. Superintendent Mike Simpson told KOCO 5 he was made away of the situation Sept. 16. Because of the safeguards in place, he said no personal information was taken from students or…

Read more

Three months later, Georgia State Patrol still trying to recover from ransomware attack

Posted on September 26, 2019 by Dissent

Joshua Sharpe reports that three months after a ransomware attack on July 26, the Georgia Department of Public Safety is still trying to recover from the attack and regain access to its records. GSP, which has 360,000 cases involving tickets or arrests each year, can’t access its computer system or the digital records it holds….

Read more

Northshore School District hit by significant cyber attack

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Dissent

KOMO News reports: A cyberattack has crippled some of the systems in the Northshore School District, which covers Bothell, Woodinville and Kenmore. The district is calling this a “significant” attack that’s taken out some phones and all voice mail servers, but adds there’s no evidence that student or staff information has been compromised. A notice…

Read more

[CORRECTED] Peoples Injury Network Northwest notifies patients of ransomware incident

Posted on September 24, 2019 by Dissent

Like so many other ransomware incidents we’ve read about in the past year, investigators were not able to conclusively determine that patient data had not been accessed or exfiltrated. As a result, the Peoples Injury Network Northwest (PINN) of Washington recently notified 12,502 Washington residents that their data was potentially at risk from an April…

Read more

Wolcott school officials provide information on district wide cyber attack

Posted on September 24, 2019 by Dissent

Rebecca Cashman and Patricia Del Rio report on how the Wolcott, Connecticut school district is responding to the second cyberattack it has experienced in the past few months. The district declined to pay any ransom, and it’s not clear whether the two attacks are by the same hacker(s) or not.  Read more on WFSB.  

Read more

Mobile County Public Schools impacted by ransomware attack on vendor, back online now

Posted on September 24, 2019 by Dissent

You may have been a bit confused by the rapidly changing status involving Mobile County Public Schools in Alabama, who were impacted by a ransomware attack. Their site was down for about 24 hours, but is back up.  The ransomware attack was against their vendor, SchoolinSITES.

Read more
  • Previous
  • 1
  • …
  • 503
  • 504
  • 505
  • 506
  • 507
  • 508
  • 509
  • …
  • 731
  • Next

Now more than ever

"Stand with Ukraine:" above raised hands. The illustration is in blue and yellow, the colors of Ukraine's flag.

Search

Browse by Categories

Recent Posts

  • National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in 324 Defendants Charged in Connection with Over $14.6 Billion in Alleged Fraud
  • Swiss Health Foundation Radix Hit by Cyberattack Affecting Federal Data
  • Russian hackers get 7 and 5 years in prison for large-scale cyber attacks with ransomware, over 60 million euros in bitcoins seized
  • Bolton Walk-In Clinic patient data leak locked down (finally!)
  • 50 Customers of French Bank Hit by Insider SIM Swap Scam
  • Ontario health agency atHome ordered to inform 200,000 patients of March data breach
  • Fact-Checking Claims By Cybernews: The 16 Billion Record Data Breach That Wasn’t
  • Horizon Healthcare RCM discloses ransomware attack in December
  • Disgruntled IT Worker Jailed for Cyber Attack, Huddersfield
  • Hacker helped kill FBI sources, witnesses in El Chapo case, according to watchdog report

No, You Can’t Buy a Post or an Interview

This site does not accept sponsored posts or link-back arrangements. Inquiries about either are ignored.

And despite what some trolls may try to claim: DataBreaches has never accepted even one dime to interview or report on anyone. Nor will DataBreaches ever pay anyone for data or to interview them.

Want to Get Our RSS Feed?

Grab it here:

https://databreaches.net/feed/

RSS Recent Posts on PogoWasRight.org

  • The Trump administration is building a national citizenship data system
  • Supreme Court Decision on Age Verification Tramples Free Speech and Undermines Privacy
  • New Jersey Issues Draft Privacy Regulations: The New
  • Hacker helped kill FBI sources, witnesses in El Chapo case, according to watchdog report
  • Germany Wants Apple, Google to Remove DeepSeek From Their App Stores
  • Supreme Court upholds Texas law requiring age verification on porn sites
  • Justices nix Medicaid ‘right’ to choose doctor, defunding Planned Parenthood in South Carolina

Have a News Tip?

Email: Tips[at]DataBreaches.net

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

Contact Me

Email: info[at]databreaches.net

Mastodon: Infosec.Exchange/@PogoWasRight

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

DMCA Concern: dmca[at]databreaches.net
© 2009 – 2025 DataBreaches.net and DataBreaches LLC. All rights reserved.