Jonathan Greig reports: The police department in Camden County, New Jersey confirmed that it was hit with a ransomware attack last month and is still investigating the incident. A spokesperson for the department — which serves the county’s 523,000 residents — told Recorded Future News that the ransomware attack took place on March 13. Camden…
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Iran-Based Hackers Caught Carrying Out Destructive Attacks Under Ransomware Guise
Ravie Lakshmanan reports: The Iranian nation-state group known as MuddyWater has been observed carrying out destructive attacks on hybrid environments under the guise of a ransomware operation. That’s according to new findings from the Microsoft Threat Intelligence team, which discovered the threat actor targeting both on-premises and cloud infrastructures in partnership with another emerging activity cluster dubbed DEV-1084….
7×7 Dental Implant & Oral Surgery alleged victim of Abyss ransomware group
A leak site called “Abyss” recently added 7×7 Dental Implant & Oral Surgery Specialists of San Francisco (7×7) to their site and claimed to have 114 GB of the dental practice’s files. A file tree showing 2,891 directories and 63,557 files was posted as proof of claim. Some of the filenames suggest business-related internal documents,…
Ransomware Attack at NJ County Police Department Locks Up Criminal Investigative Files
Jonathan Dienst reports: The Camden County Police Department experienced a ransomware attack that has been locking many criminal investigative files and day-to-day internal administration abilities, several law enforcement officials said. Investigators said the attack started in the middle of March and technicians continue working to try to get all systems back up and running. Read more at NBC.
Oakland remains behind an 8-ball in responding to ransomware attack
Sarah Ravani reports: Oakland’s police union filed a claim against the city after a ransomware attack released personal information for thousands of current and former city employees, union officials said Monday. The legal filing, which asks for monetary damages of up to $25,000 per affected employee, argues that the city failed to implement “reasonable, industry-standard…
Money Message ransomware gang claims MSI breach, demands $4 million
Bill Toulas reports: Taiwanese PC parts maker MSI (Micro-Star International) has been listed on the extortion portal of a new ransomware gang known as “Money Message,” which claims to have stolen source code from the company’s network. MSI is a global hardware giant that makes motherboards, graphics cards, desktops, laptops, servers, industrial systems, PC peripherals,…