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Hospital hit by ransomware: Attackers demand Bitcoin to release control of system

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Dissent

The Greenfield Reporter notes: Hancock Health fell victim to a cyber attack Thursday, with a hacker demanding Bitcoin to relinquish control of part of the hospital’s computer system. Employees knew something was wrong Thursday night, when the network began running more slowly than normal, senior vice president/chief strategy and innovation officer Rob Matt said. A…

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North Royalton hacker stole potentially embarrassing information from computers, feds say

Posted on January 10, 2018 by Dissent

Eric Heisig reports: Federal prosecutors accused a North Royalton man of creating a malware program named “Fruitfly” that he used to worm its way into thousands of computers nationwide, according to a news release. Phillip Durachinsky, 28, used the malware to steal people’s personal information, including usernames, passwords, financial records, medical records, photographs, internet searches…

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Online Shop Can’t Determine Card Breach Onset Due To “Lack of Backups”

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Dissent

I tweeted about this breach disclosure earlier today after Zack Whittaker called everyone’s attention to it, and I am glad to see that Catalin has written the matter up: In a data breach notification letter submitted to the Office of the Attorney General for the state of California, a makeup product vendor said it could…

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Two Hong Kong travel agencies reveal hacks and ransom demands

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Dissent

Ernest Kao, Danny Lee, and Christy Leung report that two travel agencies have disclosed that they have been hacked and ransom demanded. It’s not totally clear from their statements whether these are both ransomware incidents and if they’re by the same threat actor(s). SCMP reports: Goldjoy, which has three branches, revealed on Thursday that unauthorised…

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U. of Rochester Jones Memorial Hospital impacted by cyberattack

Posted on December 28, 2017 by Dissent

From the hospital’s site, today: Jones Memorial Hospital is experiencing unexpected computer downtime due to a cyberattack. A limited number of our information services have been affected. However, to the best of our knowledge no patient financial or medical information has been compromised. We have been in contact with law enforcement and the New York…

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Hackers Used DC Police Surveillance System to Distribute Cerber Ransomware

Posted on December 21, 2017 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports: A Romanian man and woman are accused of hacking into the outdoor surveillance system deployed by Washington DC police, which they used to distribute ransomware. The two suspects are named Mihai Alexandru Isvanca and Eveline Cismaru, Romanian nationals, both arrested last week by Romanian authorities part of Operation Bakovia that culminated with…

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