Johnson Memorial Health in Indiana was the victim of a ransomware incident in early October that was quickly reported in the press: The hackers gained access to the hospital’s network at 10:31 p.m. Friday and installed ransomware by 10:33 p.m. The hospital’s IT team discovered the attack within about 15 minutes and immediately shut down…
Manitoba sued over privacy breach involving 9,000 children
Dean Pritchard reports an update to a previously disclosed breach: A class-action lawsuit will proceed against the province after confidential information about nearly 9,000 children with disabilities was mistakenly sent to agencies that provide services to them and community advocates. An email notice was delivered to potential claimants this week notifying them about the class…
Dutch newspaper accuses US spy agencies of orchestrating 2016 Booking.com breach
Gareth Corfield reports: Jointly US-Dutch owned Booking.com was illegally accessed by an American attacker in 2016 – and the company failed to tell anyone when it became aware of what happened, according to explosive revelations. The alleged miscreant, named as “Andrew”, is said to have stolen “details of thousands of hotel reservations in countries in…
Israeli Cyber Unit action removes Black Shadow Iran-affiliated hacking website
JNS reports: The Israeli Cyber Unit, part of the State Prosecution Office, led the removal of a website belonging to the Black Shadow Iranian-affiliated hacking website after it targeted a number of Israeli websites, Walla reported on Thursday. “The removal of the site means a significant reduction to expose personal materials publicized by Black Shadow, a hacking group affiliated…
Southern Ohio Medical Center hit by cyber-attack
Adam Black reports: Patients who had appointments at Southern Ohio Medical Center (SOMC) facilities Thursday received notice that their appointments were canceled due to an emergency. Rumors quickly started circulating that the hospital and its facilities we unable to access their computers or phone lines due to the computer system being down. It was later…
MediaMarkt still blocked for ransomware attack. Open shops, intermittent services
Zach Shipman reports: The MediaMarktSaturn group has suffered a heavy ramsonware attack in recent days. It is difficult to say who did it: someone from Holland is ready to believe that it is the Hive group, which would have asked for 240 million dollars in bitcoin, however at the moment there is no claim on…