This morning’s routine check of leak sites discovered a listing on Babuk threat actors’ leak site that many people have probably dreaded. The message under the shield says: “The negotiations reached a dead end, the amount we were offered does not suit us, we are posting 20 more personal files on officers, you can download…
Now ransomware is inundating public school systems
Robert R. Ackerman Jr. reports: Almost every American adult knows that cyberattacks and breaches are ubiquitous and have primarily targeted companies and government entities. They might even know that the single most common breach these days is ransomware, a malicious process by which hackers dismantle computer systems and don’t fix them until a ransom is…
Data from Indiana and Oregon school districts dumped by ransomware threat actors
Updated March 7, 2022: On March 6, Logansport Community School Corp. reported the incident to the Maine Attorney General’s Office as impacting 2,750 people. Previous post: This week, two sets of threat actors dumped data from K-12 school districts in Indiana and Oregon. Both districts had disclosed ransomware incidents in April. Logansport Community School Corp…
PA Health Dept Sued; Investigation Looms, After Contact Tracing Breach
Jessica Davis has the somewhat predictable follow-up to a recently reported breach involving Insight Global, a contact tracing vendor for the Pennsylvania Department of Health: The Pennsylvania Department of Health and its third-party contractor Insight Global have been sued, after reports that its COVID-19 contact tracing app exposed the sensitive data of at least 72,000…
Japanese Manufacturer Yamabiko Targeted by Babuk Ransomware
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…
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…