Jeff Cole reports: Nearly four months after a cyber attack, Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center and Carthage Area Hospital have made progress in learning what stolen data may have been leaked, and where it was being stored. Now the hospitals have filed legal paperwork to get that data back. […] The hospitals and FBI have discovered where…
Category: Malware
German hospital system hit by cyberattack
The Catholic Hospital Association of East Westphalia, is a network of six hospitals: the Franziskus Hospital Bielefeld, the Sankt Elisabeth Hospital Gütersloh, the Sankt Lucia Hospital in Harsewinkel, the Marienhospital Oelde, the Mathilden Hospital Herford and the Sankt Vinzenz Hospital Rheda-Wiedenbrück. As seen on the health system’s website at KHO.de: IT system failure after cyber…
Abdali Hospital Cyberattack: Hackers Demand 10 BTC Ransom After Breach
Samiksha Jain reports: The hackers, who go by the name Rhysida, posted a cryptic message that read, “6 days 23:46:53.” This ominous countdown suggests a looming threat, possibly indicating the time remaining for potential buyers to bid on exclusive and sensitive data. The hackers, known for their brazen tactics, are offering the data for sale at…
A Lump of Coal: Users Report Getting DMCA Notices After Downloading Leaked Wolverine Build
Bobby Anhalt reports: Users who downloaded the Marvel’s Wolverine leaked play build reportedly received DMCAs from their internet service providers. Insomniac Games is the most recent high-profile casualty of malicious ransomware attacks in the gaming industry. Unfortunately, the cyberattack resulted in well over a terabyte of information being leaked to the public. In addition to an early…
Au: St Vincent’s unable to confirm if medical records stolen
Jess Malcolm and Greg Brown report: One of Australia’s largest health networks that was the target of a cyber security breach has no idea whether hackers stole private medical data almost a week after the attack. St Vincent’s hospital on Monday confirmed it did not know whether sensitive health records had been taken, sparking concern the…
Action against digital skimming reveals 443 compromised online merchants
Europol, law enforcement authorities from 17 countries and the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) have joined forces with the private sector partners, including Group-IB and Sansec, to fight digital skimming attacks. With the support of national Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRT), the two-month action has enabled Europol and its partners to notify 443…