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…
“We are apolitical” — DarkSide threat actors
By now, probably everyone has heard about the Colonial Pipeline security incident that has been linked to threat actors known as DarkSide. On April 12, this site published an email chat with DarkSide. If you missed that chat write-up, you can read it here. On May 8, after the mainstream media reported that the Colonial…
Tulsa, Oklahoma and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute disclose ransomware incidents
No sector has been spared from ransomware incidents. In this report, we have one from the education sector and one from the government sector. Neither report specifies what type of ransomware or who the threat actors are. And neither one reports how much ransom has been demanded or whether the victim is refusing to pay….
Noblr Reciprocal Exchange to notify 97,633 consumers of breach involving insurance quote platform
The following incident sounds almost identical to the incident reported by American Family Insurance, but this report is from Noblr Reciprocal Exchange (Noblr). As with the one from American Family Insurance, if you receive a letter next week from Noblr, read it. A letter signed by Jennifer Lawrence, their Chief Legal Officer, explains, but begins…
American Family Insurance to notify 283,734 of breach linked to unemployment benefits fraud
American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I. (American Family) will be sending out letters on or about May 14 to people who may have — or may not have — sought an auto insurance quote from the firm using the firm’s web site. If you get a letter from them, read it carefully. A letter signed…
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…