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Stonington Schools Were Victim of Ransomware Attack: School Officials

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Dissent

NBC reports: Stonington Public Schools was the victim of a ransomware attack, according to the school district. A message the superintendent sent to the school community said the investigation is ongoing and that student data on PowerSchool was not breached or affected. Read more on NBC. There doesn’t seem to be any notice on the…

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A Hospital Hit by Hackers, a Baby in Distress: The Case of the First Alleged Ransomware Death

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Dissent

Even though it was subsequently disproved, a lot of people still claim that a patient death following a ransomware attack on a German hospital was the result of the attack.  It wasn’t, but WSJ has a story about what might be the first death that can be attributed to a ransomware attack. Kevin Poulsen, Robert…

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TX: Lufkin ISD hit by ransomware attack

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Dissent

KTRE reports: Lufkin ISD reports a ransomware attack occurred over the weekend. The Tuesday morning post on social media said several systems were affected and that the district is working to confirm data is not compromised. The hack was discovered Saturday but according to Sheila Adams at Lufkin ISD the program they had in place…

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75K Email Inboxes Hit in New Credential Phishing Campaign

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Dissent

Jai Vijayan reports: Some 75,000 email inboxes have been impacted so far in what appears to be an email phishing campaign motivated by credential harvesting. Security researchers from Armorblox this week reported observing the attack on customer systems across Office 365, Microsoft Exchange, and Google Workspace environments. Read more on DarkReading.

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Trucking giant Forward Air reports ransomware data breach

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Dissent

Lawrence Abrams reports: Trucking giant Forward Air has disclosed a data breach after a ransomware attack that allowed threat actors to access employees’ personal information. In December 2020, Forward Air suffered a ransomware attack by what was believed to be a new cybercrime gang known as Hades. This attack caused Forward Air to shut down its…

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Computer containing patient information reported stolen from Advocate Lutheran General Hospital: Police

Posted on September 29, 2021 by Dissent

Jennifer Johnson reports: A computer that police say contained “sensitive patient information” was reported stolen from Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge last week. According to police, the laptop was stolen from the hospital campus at 1775 W. Dempster St. between 3:30 p.m. Sept. 22 and 6:30 a.m. the following morning. The exact location…

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