Although Jones Day failed to respond to multiple inquiries sent to it by this site about a ransomware attack claimed by CLOP threat actors*, the giant law firm apparently responded to inquiries by the Wall Street Journal. Their statement, however, omits important information and has been disputed by the threat actors. WSJ reports, in part:…
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NL: The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) hit by threat actor(s)
NWO reports: The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) has been hit by a cyber attack. Grant applications to the organization have been stopped because of the attack. It is unclear who is behind the attack. The NWO reports that its servers have been hacked and the network is not accessible. “At the moment everything is aimed at solving the…
Villefranche-sur-Saône hospital victim of a computer attack
L’Obs with AFP report: After that of Dax , the Villefranche-sur-Saône (Rhône) hospital center announced on Monday February 15 that it was the victim of a “major” computer attack , detected at 4:30 am. This attack by the RYUK crypto-virus (a “ransomware” ) “strongly impacts” the sites of Villefranche, Tarare and Trévoux of the North West Hospital,…
Hacker attack on the Urological Clinic Munich Planegg
Martin Bernstein reports (translation): The Urological Clinic Munich Planegg(UKMP) and its patients recently fell victim to a hacker attack. This emerges from an information letter that the clinic sent out to patients in early February. It is obliged to do so according to the General Data Protection Regulation. The cyber attack occurred in mid-January. The clinic management did not respond to a…
Threat actors claim to have stolen Jones Day files; law firm remains quiet
Over on AdvIntel, Tyler Combs has a post about threat actors attacking law firms. Many of us are already aware of a number of law firms who have been attacked and who have had their firm’s files dumped publicly when they refused to pay ransom demands, but if the biggest law firms fall prey, what…
The Trigano company victim of a cyberattack, the Tournon-sur-Rhône plant shut down
François Breton reports (translation): The manufacturer of caravans, motorhomes, camping furniture and mobile homes was the victim of a cyberattack on Tuesday February 9. It prevents access to computers. The factory based in Tournon-sur-Rhône (Ardèche) is therefore at a standstill this Friday, February 12. Read more on Franceblue.fr. Although the company acknowledged that this was…