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ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)– WestRock Company (WRK) today announced that on Jan. 23, 2021, the Company detected a ransomware incident impacting certain of its operational and information technology systems. Promptly upon its detection of the in… Continue reading WestRock Reports Ransomware Incident
France Bleu reports (translation): A computer attack hit the services of the Vienne department on Thursday, January 21. All the computers are down and the telephone network is severely disrupted. Experts are intervening at the moment. … “… Continue reading FR: Services of the department of Vienne victims of computer hacking
Presstories.com reports: The city of Montmagne is battling a cyber-attack a week ago that led to a complete shutdown of its computer and telephone systems. The ransomware type attack took place from 16 to 17 January. Until yesterday, most of the activi… Continue reading Cyber attack: ransomware victim Montmagne city
Law360 is reporting that Rady Children’s Hospital has been sued over the Blackbaud ransomware breach. The complaint alleges violations of California’s Confidentiality of Medical Information Act . The hospital had reported in October that th… Continue reading Rady Children’s Hospital sued over Blackbaud breach
Here’s a ransomware incident that left me wondering whether the attackers — who have not been identified — had researched their victim before attacking and establishing their ransom demands. Read the breach notice, below, published th… Continue reading Already in receivership, Nygard hit with ransomware that permanently compromised their IT system
Sergiu Gatlan reports: Some of the laptops distributed by the UK Department for Education (DfE) to vulnerable students have been found to be infected with malware as reported by the BBC. The devices are given out for free by the government to support d… Continue reading UK govt gives malware infected laptops to vulnerable students
Lyle Adriano reports: Colliers International Group, a Toronto-based commercial real estate services firm, has acknowledged that it suffered a cyberattack last November. However, the company would not confirm whether the cyber incident involved ransomwa… Continue reading Colliers International Group gets slammed by cyberattack
A recent report headlining that 560 healthcare facilities were impacted by ransomware attacks in 2020 may have seemed shocking until you realize any one ransomware attack can impact multiple hospitals or clinics in a network (just think of the Universa… Continue reading Vendor ransomware attack by Ryuk impacted 21 healthcare entities in 2019
Lesechos reports (translation): The vehicle rental company Ucar revealed on Wednesday January 20 that it had been the target of ransomware earlier this year. The hackers found a gateway into its servers and rushed into it. “The full analysis of t… Continue reading Ucar reveals cyberattack earlier this year
Alice Richardson reports: The company in charge of Trafford’s bin collections and cleaning the borough’s street has suffered a major cyber attack and sensitive personal, financial and commercial details have been leaked. Amey PLC, which has a super con… Continue reading UK: Trafford bin collection firm suffers major cyber attack with contracts, passports, financial details leaked publicly