Marco A. De Felice aka @amvinfe writes: The NetWalker Ransomware Group gives the Enel Group seven days to pay the ransom and get back 4.54 TB of data stolen during the cyber attack last June. In a note released in the hours following the June 7 cyber attack, the multinational said it had managed to…
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Update: Has Guilford Technical Community College notified more than 43,000 students of data breach?
On September 19, DataBreaches.net reported that Guilford Technical Community College (GTCC) in North Carolina had apparently become a ransomware victim of DoppelPaymer on September 13. But on October 6, GTCC was no longer listed on the threat actors’ dedicated leak site. The removal of a victim’s name often indicates that the victim had a change…
Chenango County hit with cyberattack
Josh Rosenblatt reports: Unable to access any of their computer network, Chenango County employees have had to come up with other solutions. The county Director of Information and Technology Herman Ericksen told 12 News the county system was attacked over the weekend. Hackers locked out employees and demanded $450 for each computer in exchange for…
Japanese drug firm Shionogi hit by cyberattack and data breach
Kyodo News reports: Japanese pharmaceutical firm Shionogi & Co. said Thursday that its Taiwanese subsidiary was hit by a cyberattack earlier this month leading to a data breach, although no information regarding the novel coronavirus vaccine it is currently developing was leaked. Read more on Japan Times. The attack was announced this week by the…
Sonoma Valley Hospital computer systems shut down by ‘security incident’
Anne Ward Ernst reports: Sonoma Valley Hospital reported on Thursday, Oct. 22 that a security incident on Oct. 11 knocked out its computer systems, and is not fully restored. The incident “triggered a significant downtime event,” an official said. Read more on Sonoma News. The hospital’s most recent update, posted on its site, reads: On…
UK: Hackney’s mayor is ticked off — and understandably so
There’s an update to a ransomware attack previously noted on this site: Hackney Mayor Philip Glanville has voiced his anger at the “morally repugnant” cyber attack that has disrupted many council services over the past fortnight, which he says could not have come at a worse time for the borough. Council officers were praised last…