Jay Jay reports: In a letter sent to about 1,700 patients, Lister Fertility Clinic said that a ransomware attack on Stor-a-file Limited, a firm that scans medical records for the clinic, compromised the sensitive information of patients. […] The document management firm said that the ransomware attack affected 13 organisations, six of them in the healthcare sector….
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U.S. Accuses Russian of Money Laundering for Ryuk Ransomware Gang
Robert McMillan and Kevin Poulsen report: A Moscow entrepreneur was detained during a vacation abroad this month and is now facing extradition to the U.S. on charges that he helped a notorious Russian ransomware group launder payments. The case marks the first arrest in connection with the Ryuk ransomware group, which gained notoriety with a string…
MediaMarkt still blocked for ransomware attack. Open shops, intermittent services
Zach Shipman reports: The MediaMarktSaturn group has suffered a heavy ramsonware attack in recent days. It is difficult to say who did it: someone from Holland is ready to believe that it is the Hive group, which would have asked for 240 million dollars in bitcoin, however at the moment there is no claim on…
Manhasset School District continues to recover from September ransomware attack
Robert Pelaez has an update on the Manhasset School District ransomware incident that resulted in the dumping of numerous files on current and former employees and students on the dark web — many with personal and sensitive information. But what caught my eye in the update was this: Last month, district officials warned Manhasset students…
Some Florida Heart Associates data appears on dark web after ransomware attack earlier this year
In July, this site noted a May, 2021 ransomware incident that significantly impacted Florida Heart Associates. In July, they notified HHS that 45,148 patients were impacted. Now this week, we learned that it was Pysa threat actors who had attacked them, and they have now dumped some of the data. Pysa’s dump is a little…
Update on impact of the Washington Central Unified Union School District ransomware attack
On October 28, this site noted a report that Washington Central Unified Union School District in Vermont had been the victim of an as-yet-unconfirmed ransomware attack. The district has now issued a notification that makes clear that personal and health information of students and personnel may have been accessed or acquired. Their announcement also indicates…