Phil Muncaster reports: A ransomware group that claimed to be retiring after an audacious attack on Washington DC’s police department appears to be back in action after reportedly targeting a Japanese firm. Yamabiko, a Tokyo-headquartered manufacturer of power tools and agricultural and industrial machinery, was apparently added to the data leak site used by the…
Category: Non-U.S.
No: Volue ASA hit by Ryuk ransomware
Volue is Norwegian software company. On May 5, they reportedly became a victim of a ransomware attack. In a statement on their site, they explained: Volue ASA was today subject to a cyber-attack impacting operation in some of the company’s business areas. Mitigating actions were immediately implemented. Currently, there seems to be limited impact on…
Es: IT services of the Oviedo City Council knocked out
Gonzalo Diaz-Rubin reports that all of the IT services of the Oviedo City Council have been crippled. Machine translation: A malicious program blocked access to servers and data and the municipal contractor has been forced to pull the rest of the support to stop the invasion. It is, according to municipal sources, a ransomware cyber-attack, of…
Sg: United Overseas Bank employee allegedly fell prey to scam & leaked personal information of 1,166 customers
Matthias Ang reports: An employee in UOB has disclosed the personal details of 1,166 customers, who are China nationals, as a result of an impersonation scam. According to a press release by the bank, the employee had allegedly been deceived by a China police impersonation scam, leading to the disclosure of the customers’ names, identification and mobile…
UK: Hospital medic lost boxes of private patient data while conducting study without approval
Jonathan Humphries reports: A senior medic has been suspended after running a clinical trial using sensitive medical information without permission of his hospital. Miguel Martin Garcia, a band 8 physiotherapist at Liverpool Women’s Hospital, used patient consent forms headed with the trust’s branding and carted off boxes of patient records to a private practice. His decision…
FR: Albioma hit by “ransomware type virus”
Albioma is an independent renewable energy producer that is listed on the Paris stock exchange. In a press release today, they write: A “ransomware” type virus attack was detected on Albioma’s IT network on Tuesday, 4 May. Albioma’s IT teams, along with cybersecurity experts, are fully mobilised to restore the situation as soon as possible….