Selena Ross reports: Quebec’s Bibliotheque Nationale is shutting down, and going partly offline, until next Tuesday because it uses the same technology company that served the daycare booking website that had its data stolen earlier this week. “Following the attack on the government site La Place 0-5 earlier this week, the Government Cyber Defense Center…
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Ie: Cyberattack on HSE: Scale of damage from Conti’s ransomware attack will not be known for days
Jack Horgan-Jones and Conor Lally report: It will be at least three days before the scale of the damage from “possibly the most significant cyber crime attack on the Irish State” is clear, a Government Minister has said. Green Party Minister of State for Communications Ossian Smyth said the attack, which led to HSE IT systems being…
Apex America hit by Sodinokibi ransomware
Apex America describes itself as a leading Digital Customer Experience services company in Latin America that partners with more than 50 global brands. It has operational centers in 14 locations in Latin America. That’s how they describes themselves. The threat actors known as REvil (Sodinokibi) describe them as targets who have so far refused to pay…
Ie: HSE shuts down IT system after ‘significant’ cyber attack
RTE reports: The Health Service Executive has temporarily shut down its IT system following what it described as a “significant ransomware attack”. The health body said it had taken the precaution of shutting down its systems to further protect them, and to allow it to assess the situation. The issue has led to Dublin’s Rotunda…
Operator of WeLeakInfo database marketplace sentenced to two years in prison
Catalin Cimpanu reports: One of the three operators of WeLeakInfo, a website that sold access to hacked databases, was sentenced today in the Netherlands to two years in prison, with one year suspended. In court proceedings that took place earlier this year, the suspect, a 23-year-old whose name was not released, admitted to managing the…
De: Hackers attack Energy Hamburg Radio
The announcement from Energy Hamburg radio was as follows: On Tuesday evening (May 11, 2021), hackers attacked ENERGY Hamburg and brought important IT areas to a standstill. Since then, our national ENERGY program can be heard on the Hamburg FM frequency of 97.1 MHz, the local DAB+ multiplex and the webcast. It is not yet…