Shawn R. Beals reports: The Middletown school district is working to restore access to its computer systems after discovering a ransomware virus Thursday that had locked the staff out. Ransomware is a type of computer virus that encrypts data, rendering it unusable. Typically, the virus demands a ransom payment in order to have access restored….
Category: Malware
Ticketmaster investigates potential data security breach
Jackie Fox reports: Ticketmaster Ireland has notified customers about a potential breach of security compromising their payment details. Anyone who bought a ticket from the site between February and June 2018 could be at risk. In an email to customers this evening, the ticketing website said malicious software was identified on a customer support product hosted by…
Hacker hits local mattress store with ransomware
Cameron Poitras reports: A local mattress and furniture supply store was forced to pay a hacker who shut down its servers, effectively putting a halt to services and sales there. Best Sleep Centre was hit by the hacker earlier this month with ransomware, asking for 0.6 of a bitcoin or about $6,000 Canadian. Read more…
Hundreds of Hotels Affected by Data Breach at Hotel Booking Software Provider
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The personal details and payment card data of guests from hundreds of hotels, if not more, have been stolen this month by an unknown attacker, Bleeping Computer has learned. The data was taken from FastBooking, a Paris-based company that sells hotel booking software to more than 4,000 hotels in 100 countries —as…
OH: Hackers try to hold Jefferson computers at ransom
Justin Dennis reports: Village officials were alarmed, but ultimately unscathed, after a ransomware virus found its way onto a village computer late last month. The infamous strain of malicious software threatens to wipe out affected computers unless victims pay the hackers a ransom before a deadline. The same ransomware attack struck Jefferson village and at…
RISE Wisconsin Notifies Plan Participants of Data Security Incident
MADISON, WI – June 7, 2018 – RISE Wisconsin (“RISE”) (formerly Community Partnerships and Center for Families) has become aware of a data security incident that may have involved the limited protected health information of our participants. Although at this time there is no evidence of any attempted or actual misuse of anyone’s information as…