CBS reports: Livingston public schools are getting a late start today after the district’s computer network was hacked. Administrators said the system was infected with ransomware Friday and engineers have been working around the clock to fix it. Read more on CBS.
Category: U.S.
Church’s Chicken probes data security breach at company-owned sites
MobilePaymentsToday reports: Church’s Chicken said it is investigating a possible data breach involving credit and debit card information at some of its company owned locations in the U.S., where it operates quick service restaurants in 11 states. The company said an unauthorized third party may have accessed its payment processing systems at some of its…
110 Nursing Homes Cut Off from Health Records in Ransomware Attack; Attackers Demand $14M in BTC
Brian Krebs reports: A ransomware outbreak has besieged a Wisconsin based IT company that provides cloud data hosting, security and access management to more than 100 nursing homes across the United States. The ongoing attack is preventing these care centers from accessing crucial patient medical records, and the IT company’s owner says she fears this…
Yet another city reports a Click2Gov breach
Another city has reported a breach involving Click2Gov software by CentralSquare Technologies. WTVY reports Dothan, Alabama has joined more than four dozen other cities using Click2Gov that have experienced breaches involving payment card data of residents using online payment portals: “It has come to the City of Dothan’s attention that CentralSquare, the third-party processor of…
Port Neches-Groves ISD recovered access to files — but only after paying ransom
There’s an update to the ransomware attack on Port Neches-Groves ISD in Texas, previously noted on this site on November 12. Raegan Gibson reports that as of Monday, November 18, the district had regained access to its files — but it involved paying ransom, most of which was covered by the district’s insurance: The attackers…
MA: Chicopee school computers, servers hit by Ransomware
Ryan Trowbridge, Sarah Guernelli, and Andrew Masse report that Chicopee Public Schools in Massachusetts was hit with a ransomware attack — specifically, Ryuk ransomware. The attacker(s) have demanded $300,000, but the district says they are not paying it and have been working to deal with the situation since Monday morning. Read more on Western Mass…