It appears that AspenPointe, a Colorado provider of outpatient and inpatient crisis ,mental health, substance abuse, and behavioral services across the lifespan, is notifying employees and clients of a cyberattack that resulted in exfiltration of data. In a notice on their web site, which appears addressed more to employees than clients, they write: As you…
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Finistère Habitat paralyzed by a cyberattack
The following is a translation: The social landlord Finistère Habitat has been the target for more than ten days of a serious computer attack. The services of the departmental office have been hampered since November 13 by ransomware. A type of malware that encrypts data and demands a ransom to unlock it. For Finistère Habitat, it is the…
Service provider to fertility clinics discloses malware attack
A press release from US Fertility (“USF”) follows. The Center for Fertility and Gynecology in California is not listed among USF entities in the press release. I mention that because the Center for Fertility and Gynecology still has not posted anything on their site or issued any press release about a ransomware attack that NetWalker…
Is Rand McNally just routinely “upgrading systems” or are they dealing with an attack?
A notice on their web site says that Rand McNally is upgrading their systems: Oh really? Why didn’t their site just admit what they wrote in email: “Dear Valued Customer, Rand McNally recently discovered a disruption to certain portions of our computer network. We commenced an immediate investigation that included taking certain systems offline and…
Danish news agency Ritzau rejects ransom demand after hacker attack
And yet another news agency gets hit with ransomware — this time, though, it’s a Danish one. Associated Press reports that Ritzau “rejected” the ransom demand, but it’s more than that — they wouldn’t even read it, it seems, taking the advice of their advisors. Ritzau CEO Lars Vesterloekke couldn’t say how big the ransom…
Illinois Valley Community College sends letter warning of data breach
Michael Urbanec reports: Illinois Valley Community College has sent out more than 160,000 letters to current and former students, faculty and applicants warning them that their data may have been compromised in connection with a data breach back in April. This attack was originally noted on this site in April, but this site had followed…