Mackenzie Garrity reports: North Platte, Neb.-based Great Plains Health is nearly recovered following a ransomware attack in November 2019 that encrypted the hospital’s computers, according to local NBC affiliate KNOP. Hospital officials say they are 80 percent finished with the recovery processes. Only thing left to recover is archived information, which hospital officials say is rarely used. Read…
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NY: Town of Colonie got hacked; looks to avoid paying ransomware demand of about $400,000
Jim Franco reports: The town’s computer system was hacked, and the cyber extortionists are asking for about $400,000 in Bitcoin cryptocurrency to unlock it. But, said Supervisor Paula Mahan, the town is operating on a backup system that is allowing day-to-day operations to continue. “We have all of our data and our backup system is…
AZ: Cardiovascular Associates of Arizona reports office burglary
Cardiovascular Associates of Arizona has published a notice in the Arizona Silver Bullet. Dear Editor: We would like to inform our patients that somewhere over the weekend of 10/07-10/09 our office in Globe was broken into. Four laptops were stolen; each laptop was guarded with a PIN code and password to get on the computer….
CA: Panama-Buena Vista School District ransomware attack will delay report cards
23ABC reports: The Panama-Buena Vista School District said that due to the recent ransomware attack, teachers will not be able to get report cards out on time. On Jan. 10, the district was hit with a cyber ransomware attack that caused a technology and phone outage at multiple schools. Read more on Turnto23.com.
Foreign country hacks New Mexico Public Regulation Commission system
Victoria Shupryt reports: The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission is investigating after a foreign country hacked its network internet and intranet system, according to officials. A spokesperson for the FBI says the agency is also involved. Read more on KOAT.
WV: Recovery continues in Wood County schools after 2019 ransomware attack
Shauna Johnson reports: The new year is underway in public schools in Wood County with recovery work still continuing following last fall’s ransomware attack that knocked the entire school system offline. “Everything’s up and running at this time, but we’re still working through a couple of kinks in our technological systems,” Will Hosaflook, Wood County superintendent…