Sean Gallagher reports: The city of Atlanta government has apparently become the victim of a ransomware attack. The city’s official Twitter account announced that the city government “is currently experiencing outages on various customer facing applications, including some that customers may use to pay bills or access court-related information.” According to a report from Atlanta…
Category: Malware
NY: Finger Lakes Health dealing with ransomware attack (Corrected)
WHEC reports that Finger Lakes Health is functioning the old-fashioned way while its computer system remains locked up by an unspecified type of ransomware: The agency said that an outside party is demanding payment to let it access its files. The agency was notified of the breach around midnight Sunday. Officials at Finger Lakes Health say…
Atrium Hospitality Notifies Hotel Guests of Ransomware Incident
From their press release, issued yesterday: Atrium Hospitality, the hotel and assessment for the Holiday Inn Sacramento, is notifying three hundred and seventy-six (376) hotel guests of an event that could potentially impact the security of certain information. Although we are unaware of any actual or attempted misuse of the information, Atrium Hospitality is providing…
MVSU Campus Loses Internet After SamSam Ransomware Attack
Mississippi Valley State University’s campus was temporary without internet service this week after university officials said the school was hit by a ransomware attack. Read more on Delta Daily News.
Pinelands Regional School District Computers Hit by Emotet Virus
Rick Mellerup reports: The Pinelands Regional School District is grappling with a crippling virus. Don’t worry, you don’t have to keep your kids home from school. It’s a computer virus, a malware program that has infected many of the district’s computers. For example, the last time the board of education’s budget committee met, it wasn’t…
NC: County employees targets of malware attack
Max Seng reports: Catawba County services employees were the subject of a malware attack discovered in October, according to Catawba County Director of Communications Amy McCauley. Upon learning of the attack, the county launched a forensic investigation conducted by a third-party investigator specializing in cybersecurity. The security breach was detected in the payroll and human…