Lane Babuder reports: Ransomware attacks have been on the rise. This time around, the small Ontario, Canada town of St. Marys has been targeted. The ransomware organization behind the attack seems to be LockBit. So far though, no ransom has been paid. The town itself claims that most city functions are still operational and staff…
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Justice Department Seizes and Forfeits Approximately $500,000 from North Korean “Maui” Ransomware Actors and their Conspirators
The Justice Department today announced a complaint filed in the District of Kansas to forfeit cryptocurrency paid as ransom to North Korean hackers or otherwise used to launder such ransom payments. In May 2022, the FBI filed a sealed seizure warrant for the funds worth approximately half a million dollars. The seized funds include ransoms…
South Korean call taxi system paralyzed by ransomware attack, company pays ransom to get decryptor
Ahn Ho-cheon reports (machine translation follows): A company operating a ‘call taxi system’ in most cities and counties in Gangwon-do was attacked by a hacking attack, and call taxi calls through smartphone apps were blocked. It was found that the call system was paralyzed in parts of Busan, Gyeonggi, Gyeongbuk, and Jeonnam in addition to Gangwon…
Baton Rouge General Medical Center ransomware attack has caused patients to be diverted to other hospitals, lost records, and lab services down — source
By July 1, word was circulating that the Baton Rouge General Medical Center in Louisiana had been hit by ransomware. A copy of the ransom note shared with DataBreaches pointed clearly to the Hive group, but when asked about it, Hive’s spokesperson claimed that DataBreaches had “incorrect info.” Since then, the medical center has not…
A new group on the ransomware scene? BianLian claims to have hacked Mooresville Schools
Seen on Twitter: A new #ransomware group named #BianLian claims to have hacked #Mooresville Schools (@MrsvlPioneers), a public school district in Indiana, ??. The group claims to have stolen ~4,200 student records containing phone numbers, email addresses, and social security numbers… pic.twitter.com/QWECxn62L9 — BetterCyber (@_bettercyber_) July 11, 2022 BianLian seems to be using a strategy…
Ransomware attacks on educational institutions shoot up sharply: Sophos’ report
K.V. Kurmanath reports: …In the absence of proper cyber security shields and defence mechanisms, the number of ransomware attacks in this sector has gone up significantly, said a report by Sophos, a British-based security software and hardware company. “The ‘State of Ransomware in Education 2022’ finds that about 60 per cent of the education institutions…