Gareth Corfield reports: Criminals infected the Salvation Army in the UK with ransomware and siphoned the organisation’s data, The Register has learned. A Salvation Army spokesperson confirmed the evangelical Christian church and charity was compromised, and said it alerted regulators in the UK. Read more on The Register.
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NZ: Volunteer Service Abroad targetted by ‘sophisticated’ ransomware attack
Matthew Tso reports: Ransomware attackers have targeted New Zealand’s largest volunteer agency working in international development. On Wednesday Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA) announced it had been the victim of a “sophisticated” ransomware attack. Chief executive Stephen Goodman said the non-governmental organisation was hit last week, with attackers locking its computer systems and demanding a ransom….
Timberland Regional Library Takes Action After Learning of Data Security Incident
TUMWATER, Wash., May 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Timberland Regional Library (“TRL”) announced today that it has taken action after learning of a data security incident which may have involved the personal information of its patrons. TRL began providing notification to all potentially impacted individuals on May 5, 2021. What Happened? – On January 20, 2021, TRL became aware of a potential…
WA: SEIU 775 Benefits Group notifying 140,000 about hack
On April 4, SEIU 775 Benefits Group in Washington experienced abnormal activity in their system and started investigating. Their investigation revealed that an unauthorized individual had gained access to their systems and had deleted some files with personal and protected health information in the process. There was no evidence, however, that the unauthorized individual had…
Fr: Ransomware attack on environmental center resulted in data loss
La Nouvelle Republique reports that the Permanent Center for Environmental Initiatives of Gâtine (CPIE) experienced a cyberattack on April 18 that resulted in irretrievable data loss. “We had a cryptographic virus that got into our computer server. When we opened the system, all our files had the same name. And if we wanted to decrypt…
AU: Avaddon threat attackers demand ransom from NSW Labor
NSW Labor is Australia’s Labor Party (New South Wales Branch). Now Avaddon threat actors claim that they have hacked them and stolen data. NSW Labor, the company does not want to cooperate with us, so we give them 240 hours to communicate and cooperate with us. If this does not happen before the time counter…