Steve Ranger reports: Ransomware victims have paid out more than $140 million to crooks over the last six-and-a-half years, according to calculations by the FBI. […] Ryuk was the leading ransomware variant, generating roughly $61m between February 2018 and October 2019. Crysis/Dharma was the second most lucrative ransomware, generating $24m between November 2016 and November 2019. Third on the…
Update and Correction
Yesterday, this site reported that the DoppelPaymer ransomware attackers had claimed to have attacked CD Bank, the online part of TBK Bank in Texas. The hackers uploaded what they claimed as proof of the hack and exfiltration. Unable to get a response from CD Bank for two days, DataBreaches.net reported the attackers’ claims, uploaded redacted…
AU: Alinta Energy accused of putting customers’ sensitive information at risk
Adele Ferguson and Chris Gillett report on documents leaked by a whistleblower: Leaked documents obtained by 7.30, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald reveal the Chinese-owned energy giant does not appear to have proper systems in place to protect sensitive customer information. Through its retail operations Alinta collects names, addresses, birth dates, mobile numbers,…
Hit with ransomware, Prince Edward Island notifies residents and continues recovery efforts
Earlier today, Maze Team added Prince Edward Island (PEI) to their website where they list victims who have refused to pay their ransom demands. As they have done in other cases, the attackers also provided some files that they exfiltrated as proof. In looking into this attack, DataBreaches.net found that PEI had issued a statement…
(UPDATED) Texas bank attacked with DoppelPaymer ransomware — attackers’ report
Update 2: The attackers have confirmed that they had named the wrong bank and that the victim bank is Community Development Bank (in Minnesota). UPDATE 1: Amanda Tavackoli SVP, Communication for TBK Bank has responded with the following statement: I’m responding to your request for information regarding the DoppelPaymer claim. Reports that CD Bank has…
GA: Records reveal City of Cartersville paid ransomware attackers $380K
James Swift reports: On May 6, 2019, the City of Cartersville alerted residents that the local government had fallen prey to a ransomware attack. Yet since then, details on the size, scope and severity of the cybersecurity breach have remained scarce. City officials broke their nearly yearlong silence on the cyberattack, however, in the wake of…