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…
Category: Malware
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…
Point-of-Sale Breach Confirmed at Some Applebee’s Locations
David Bisson reports: It’s confirmed that some locations of the Applebee’s restaurant chain suffered a point-of-sale (POS) breach involving customers’ payment card data. On 2 March, RMH Franchise Holdings (RMH) issued a notice of data incident on its website. The statement explains how RMH, a franchisee of Applebee’s which operates more than 150 restaurant locations,…
St. Peter’s Surgery & Endoscopy Center notifying 135,000 patients of cyber attack in January
Well, I knew about the incident, but didn’t know until today that the ransomware incident involving St. Peter’s Surgery & Endoscopy Center in Albany, New York affected 135,000 patients.. Now we know.