DeeDee Sun reports: The Ballard Northwest Senior Center found itself in the bull’s-eye of ransomware attack, with its server wiped just weeks before their biggest fundraiser of the year. The senior center says it doesn’t know if it was targeted, or if the ransomware attack hit them at random, but now it’s struggling to get…
Category: Malware
Cyberattacker demands ransom from Northern Colorado utility
Pat Ferrier reports: When employees of the Fort Collins Loveland Water District and South Fort Collins Sanitation District got to work the morning of Feb. 11, they were locked out of technical and engineering data and drawings stored on their computers. The districts had fallen victim to a ransomware cyber attack, the second in two years, General Manager…
Maffi Clinic notifies 10,465 after ransomware incident
On September 11, 2018, Maffi Clinics in Arizona joined the ranks of those attacked by ransomware. From their notification letter (see below), it appears that the clinic was prepared and quickly implemented their incident response plan. The consulting firm promptly identified the unauthorized access point and terminated it; isolated and removed the ransomware; and restored…
Delaware Guidance Services notifies 50,000 parents and guardians after ransomware incident
On February 26, Delaware Guidance Services for Children and Youth, Inc. (“DGS”) sent a letter to parents and guardians of their young patients. The letter explained that on December 25, 2018, DGS had become the victim of a ransomware attack that had locked up the patient records. Those records contained personal information, such as name,…
Pharmacy benefits management vendor discloses ransomware incident
Direct Scripts, a pharmacy benefit management service provider in Ohio, recently notified more than 9,300 patients after discovering that they had been the victim of a ransomware attack. Direct Scripts became aware of the attack on January 30, and immediately launched an investigation to determine what had happened and if any patient protected health information…
Rural Jackson County, Ga., recovering from Ryuk ransomware attack after paying $400,000 ransom
On March 6, Benjamin Freed reported: Computer systems in rural Jackson County, Georgia, were knocked offline over the weekend after being hit with a ransomware virus. The entire county government’s email system is offline, and some departments, including law enforcement, have had to resort to conducting their operations entirely on paper. “Everything we have is…