Everton Bailey Jr. reports that if you were hoping to get the promised release of the report on Dallas’s response to the ransomware attack by Royal, you’ll have to wait at least two more weeks. The last council meeting ran late and the council never got to review the report, which needs to happen before…
Category: Malware
The Blackbaud data breach — SuspectFile’s final chapter
Marco A. De Felice of SuspectFile is my brother by another mother. We don’t speak the same language, and we wouldn’t know each other if we passed on a street, but he has the same genetic disorder that I have: a determination to uncover information that breached entities try to bury or ignore. Since 2020,…
Do IT Consultants victim of attack by Ragnar_Locker
On September 2, Ragnar_Locker added Do IT Consultants in Canada to their “Wall of Shame.” For its listing, they wrote: Due to high level negligence and careless network security of DO IT employees, has been allowed a huge leak which affected on clients of the DO IT company. No matter that they are an IT…
United States and United Kingdom Sanction Additional Members of the Russia-Based Trickbot Cybercrime Gang
WASHINGTON — Today, the United States, in coordination with the United Kingdom, sanctioned eleven individuals who are part of the Russia-based Trickbot cybercrime group. Russia has long been a safe haven for cybercriminals, including the Trickbot group. Today’s action was taken by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). The…
Minneapolis Public Schools starts notifying106,000 of ransomware attack
Joe Warminsky reports: Minneapolis Public Schools has begun notifying more than 100,000 people that their personal information may have been leaked after a cyberattack early this year. The school system started sending letters late last week, according to local media reports, and on Tuesday a notice posted on Maine’s data breach notification site said that 105,617 people were affected….
Updating: Carlisle Area School District was hit with ransomware
Matt Benedetto and Sarah Willson report: According to an email obtained by abc27 from the Carlisle Area School District, the school was notified by federal government officials that its internet system has been infiltrated with ransomware. Read more at ABC27.