The following is a translation of a press release from the Canton of Basel-Stadt Education Department that appears at https://www.bs.ch/nm/2021-allgemeine-gewerbeschule-ags-wird-ziel-eines-professionellen-hackerangriffs-ed.html: All of the school’s servers are currently unavailable, so no data can be accessed. To ensure that school starts on Monday, a temporary WLAN network was activated, the data center isolated and the host systems shut…
Proctor-U agrees to security audit thanks to inquiries by Senator Wyden
Sean Lyngaas reports: A company whose software has been widely used to administer law school entrance exams during the coronavirus pandemic has agreed to an independent audit of the software after a U.S. senator raised cybersecurity concerns about the product. Alabama-based ProctorU’s web-browser extension software has allowed people across the U.S. to take the LSAT…
AT: Nah&Frisch Wieser Türnitz hit by ransomware attack
Gila Wohlmann reports (translation): “Due to cyberattacks and blackmail, we will probably be closed from Wednesday, April 7th.” This note has been hanging on Georg Wieser’s Türnitzer “Nah & Frisch” market for the past few days. “We just wanted to inform our customers, the EDP is now taking care of rectification,” he confirms the incident…
Another French hospital hit by cyberattack
Mathieu Ferri reports (translation): The phone no longer answers at the Saint-Gaudens hospital (Haute-Garonne). According to information from France Bleu Occitanie, the Comminges-Pyrénées hospital center has been the victim of a computer attack since around 4 a.m. , this Thursday, April 8, which greatly disrupts its operation. A ransom demand has been presented, explains the…
MA: City of Lawrence hit with significant ransomware attack
Ted Daniel reports: 25 Investigates is confirming that the city of Lawrence has been hit with a significant ransomware attack. A source has told Boston 25 that major city services have been impacted and the FBI is now involved. Boston 25 reached out to the mayor’s office, but they have not responded. Read more on…
Axios Italia hit; thousands of schools potentially impacted
Andrea Grassi reports: One of the most used electronic register applications by Italian schools, Axios RE, is offline from the night of Friday 2 to Saturday 3 April due to a ransomware attack. Many of the ransomware attacks strike right on weekends or at the beginning of bridges and holidays, so that the malware has…