Naandika Tripathi reports: Just three months after a ransomware attack pulled down India’s largest drugmaker, Sun Pharmaceuticals, the threat actors went after another pharma company. Hyderabad-based Granules India was notified of a significant loss of revenue and profitability due to a cybersecurity attack in the last week of May. […] From Dr. Reddy’s to the…
Category: Malware
Ransomware Attack Hits Japan’s Biggest Port, Disrupting Cargo Shipments
Nicholas Takahashi and Ann Koh report: Japan’s biggest maritime port was crippled by an alleged Russian cyberattack, disrupting cargo as operators rushed to prevent a wider delay in shipments. Ransomware — used by hackers to lock access to files or systems unless a payment is made — caused a container terminal at the Port of…
Data breach by PLAY affects 425,000 Swiss Abroad
Balz Rigendinger reports on a recent attack by the PLAY ransomware group: In mid-May, a stolen data set appeared on the darknet. The content was information about subscribers to Swiss Review.This is a federal government magazine that keeps Swiss citizens abroad up to date on developments in their home country. The data set is comprehensive. It…
Murfreesboro Medical Clinic & SurgiCenter ransomware attack affected 559,000 patients (update1)
On May 6 and May 7, DataBreaches reported that the attack on Murfreesboro Medical Clinic & SurgiCenter (“MMC”) appeared to be the work of the ransomware group known as BianLian. On June 14, MMC issued an updated notice on their website, as noted by Daily News Journal. The news report reiterated that MMC refused to…
San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department update: can’t rule out that PII and PHI were accessed in ransomware attack
The Fontana Herald News alerts us to an update by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department concerning the ransomware attack they experienced in early April. The county now states that they have been unable to determine definitively if personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI) were accessed. From the county’s June 23 notice:…
16-year-old youth among 13 arrested for alleged involvement in banking-related malware scams in Singapore
The Straits Times/ANN reports: Thirteen people, including a 16-year-old youth, were arrested for their suspected involvement in the recent spate of banking-related malware scam cases. Preliminary investigations showed that 10 of the 13 suspects, aged between 16 and 27, had allegedly facilitated the scam cases by sharing their bank accounts, Internet banking credentials and/or disclosing…