Pierre Fabre is a French multinational pharmaceutical and skin cosmetics firm. In March, 2020, in response to the pandemic they began to focus their efforts on producing hydroalcoholic gels and skin creams for hospitals to help limit the spread of COVID-19. Now Sandrine Morin reports (translation): The entire production of the Pierre Fabre group has…
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Hackers threaten shipping firm ECU Worldwide with data leak
Nate Tabak reports: A ransomware gang is threatening to release a massive trove of data stolen from shipping firm ECU Worldwide more than a month after a cyberattack caused serious disruptions to its online platforms. The Mount Locker ransomware gang claimed in a post to its leak site on Sunday that it had taken 2…
MN: Apple Valley Clinic notifies 157,939 patients about Netgain Technology breach
In November, 2020, cloud IT services provider Netgain Technology LLC experienced a ransomware attack that resulted in them taking some of their data centers offline. In December and January, they began notifying some of their clients. In January, Ramsey County notified 8,700 clients of its Family Health Division about the breach. In February, Woodcreek Provider…
Hackers hit Harris in latest ‘highly sophisticated’ cyber attack
James Carr reports: One of the country’s largest academy trusts has become the latest victim of a targeted ransomware cyber attack – with laptops used by pupils and email systems disabled. Harris Federation, which runs 49 schools, detected the attack on Saturday, and has been working through the weekend to resolve the issues. A Schools Week investigation last…
Sg: Vhive alerts consumers to cyberattack
Vhive, a popular retail furniture chain in Singapore, has posted a notice on their web site and Facebook page announcing a cyberattack that occurred on March 23. Based on information provided to DataBreaches.net by the threat actors, this appear to have been a double extortion attack by ALTDOS threat actors that involves more than 300,000…
Ca: Hackers demand ransom from Town of Didsbury in cyber attack
Dan Singleton reports: The Town of Didsbury was the victim of a cyber-attack on Sunday, March 21 when fraudsters encrypted the town’s information systems with ransomware and made a ransom demand to decrypt the system, town officials said Friday. Mayor Rhonda Hunter declined to say whether the Town of Didsbury has paid a ransom to…