Susan Edelman reports: A ransomware attack has crippled the city’s teacher discipline system, The Post has learned. A contractor that provides hearing transcripts for the city Department of Education, the Ubiqus Group, said it “was hit by a ransomware-type cybersecurity incident” on Dec. 4. Read more on NY Post.
Auto services firm Inchcape hit by Windows Ransomexx ransomware
Sam Varghese reports: Automotive services provider Inchcape Australia appears to have been compromised by the Windows Ransomexx ransomware, with the cyber criminals who hit the company leaking some data that they stole, on the dark web. Read more on ITwire. Sam details all the attempts they made to get in touch with the company to…
ZA: Government to replace Sassa grant cards after security breach
BusinessTech staff report: Minister of Social Development Lindiwe Zulu says that government is in talks with stakeholders to replace South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) cards after a security breach, first reported in 2019. Responding to a written parliamentary Q&A in December, Zulu said that Sassa cards are actually bank cards issued by the South…
Backdoor account discovered in more than 100,000 Zyxel firewalls, VPN gateways
With profound apologies to Catalin Cimpanu for previously posting a plagiarized copy of his reporting, here is his report: More than 100,000 Zyxel firewalls, VPN gateways, and access point controllers contain a hardcoded admin-level backdoor account that can grant attackers root access to devices via either the SSH interface or the web administration panel. The…
Apex Laboratory confirms ransomware attack; only recently discovered data theft
DataBreaches.net recently reported that Apex Laboratory Inc. had apparently been attacked by DoppelPaymer ransomware threat actors. Apex was added to their leak site on December 15. As proof of claims, the threat actors uploaded approximately 10,000 files containing protected health information of patients (PHI) and personally identifiable information of employees (PII). The 10,000 estimate is…
Cyberattack on emergency ambulance service in Wrocław
Szymon Palczewski reports (translation): The ambulance service in Wrocław fell victim to a hacking attack, during which the system responsible for supporting the work of dispatchers was violated. The reports of the incident so far indicate that it was a ransomware campaign. Hospital staff was informed about a hacking attack on the facility’s systems. In…