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Catalin Cimpanu reports: A new trend is emerging among ransomware groups where they prioritize stealing data from workstations used by top executives and managers in order to obtain “juicy” information that they can later use to pressure an… Continue reading Some ransomware gangs are going after top execs to pressure companies into paying
Victoria Smith reports: The holiday season has not been easy for the Montreal carsharing service Communauto, which was the target of a cyber attack. Access to a number of servers has been locked, and data has been encrypted. Cyber hackers couldn’t get … Continue reading Ca: Communauto car-sharing service victim of a cyberattack
Leon Medical Centers (LMC) in Florida has issued a press release about the ransomware attack it experienced, and that DataBreaches.net has reported previously. In our most recent report, we noted that Conti threat actors had dumped protected health inf… Continue reading Leon Medical Centers issues statement about ransomware attack
Pop quiz: Which one of these is not a new ransomware noted recently: Sharp Knot Chinese Take-Out Hidden Tear Babuk Niros Bonsoir Not sure? I can’t keep up with all the variants and new types. But thankfully, there’s BleepingComputer, wher… Continue reading And yet more ransomware variants…
Vinny Vella reports: Hackers used a malware attack to infiltrate Delaware County’s servers in the fall, and then held employees’ personal data for ransom, ultimately costing the county $25,000 in ransom to restore access to the data, according to count… Continue reading Delaware County officials paid $25,000 in ransom to hackers who infiltrated the county’s computer system
Sergiu Gatlan reports: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has sent a security alert warning private sector companies that the Egregor ransomware operation is actively targeting and extorting businesses worldwide. The FBI says in a TLP:WHITE P… Continue reading FBI warns of Egregor ransomware extorting businesses worldwide
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The operators of the Ryuk ransomware are believed to have earned more than $150 million worth of Bitcoin from ransom payments following intrusions at companies all over the world. In a joint report published today, threat intel… Continue reading Ryuk gang estimated to have made more than $150 million from ransomware attacks
Hallie Miller reports: One month after a crippling ransomware incident, Greater Baltimore Medical Center is beginning to restore the Towson hospital’s electronic medical records, officials said this week. GBMC previously disclosed little about the Dec…. Continue reading Greater Baltimore Medical Center restoring electronic medical records after ransomware incident
ANP reports that ANWB (the Royal Dutch Touring Club) has sent an email to former and current members to warn them that their data may have been compromised in cyber attack. The attack was not on ANWB’s own system, it seems, but a collection agen… Continue reading Personal data of ANWB customers may have been stolen after a cyber attack
Pieterjan Van Leemputten reports that one of Avaddon’s victims successfully aborted a ransomware attack and was able to restore from backup. And worse for the attackers, Finalyse reportedly isn’t concerned about the 98 GB Avaddon claims to… Continue reading Belgian consultancy Finalyse emerges unscathed from ransomware attack