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US sanctions China cyber firm for potentially deadly ransomware attack
2 weeks, 1 day ago

US sanctions China cyber firm for potentially deadly ransomware attack

Al Jazeera  

Some firewalls targeted in the US were protecting critical infrastructure companies, the US Treasury Department says. Guan Tianfeng, an employee of Sichuan Silence Information Technology Company, deployed malicious software to 81,000 firewalls run by thousands of companies worldwide in April 2020, including 23,000 in the US, the Treasury Department said in a statement on Tuesday. Sichuan Silence is a cybersecurity …

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Starbucks forced to pay its baristas manually because of a ransomware attack on third-party software
1 month ago

Starbucks forced to pay its baristas manually because of a ransomware attack on third-party software

CNN  

CNN — A ransomware attack has disrupted a third-party software system that Starbucks uses to track and manage its baristas’ schedules, forcing the coffee chain to shift to manual mode to ensure its employees get paid properly, a Starbucks spokesperson said Monday. Starbucks’ store leadership have advised their employees on how to work around the outage manually, and the company …

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Software company providing services to US and UK grocery stores says it was hit by ransomware attack
1 month ago

Software company providing services to US and UK grocery stores says it was hit by ransomware attack

CNN  

CNN — A major software supply-chain company, which counts US and UK grocery stores and Fortune 500 firms as clients, said it was hit by a ransomware attack this weekend. The hackers hit Blue Yonder — an Arizona-based software firm acquired by Panasonic in 2021 — affecting a private cloud computing service the company provides some customers, but not the …

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Retail payments at several co-operative, regional rural banks hit due to ransomware attack
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Retail payments at several co-operative, regional rural banks hit due to ransomware attack

Live Mint  

Several co-operative banks and regional rural banks were impacted on Wednesday, facing an interruption in retail payments, following a ransomware attack on associate technology service provider C-Edge Technologies Ltd, National Payments Corp. of India said in a statement. “It has been brought to NPCI’s notice that C-Edge Technologies Ltd, a technology service provider who caters mostly to cooperative and regional …

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Devastating ransomware attack shuts down L.A. County courts. All courthouses to reopen Tuesday
5 months ago

Devastating ransomware attack shuts down L.A. County courts. All courthouses to reopen Tuesday

LA Times  

The Stanley Mosk Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles was closed Monday after a ransomware attack, which officials said did not appear to be related to the CrowdStrike software update that paralyzed computers around the world last week. The Los Angeles County Superior Court, the biggest trial court in the country, remained closed Monday as it sought to recover from a …

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Indonesia won't pay an $8 million ransom after a cyberattack compromised its national data center
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Indonesia won't pay an $8 million ransom after a cyberattack compromised its national data center

Hindustan Times  

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia's national data center has been compromised by a hacking group asking for a $8 million ransom that the government says it won't pay. The attackers have held data hostage and offered a key for access in return for the $8 million ransom, said PT Telkom Indonesia’s director of network & IT solutions, Herlan Wijanarko, without giving …

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Indonesia won't pay an $8 million ransom after a cyberattack compromised the national data center
6 months ago

Indonesia won't pay an $8 million ransom after a cyberattack compromised the national data center

Hindustan Times  

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia's national data center has been compromised by a hacking group asking for a $8 million ransom that the government says it won't pay. The attackers have held data hostage and offered a key for access in return for the $8 million ransom, said PT Telkom Indonesia’s director of network & IT solutions, Herlan Wijanarko, without giving …

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A cyberattack forces a big US health system to divert ambulances and take records offline
7 months, 2 weeks ago

A cyberattack forces a big US health system to divert ambulances and take records offline

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — A cyberattack on the Ascension health system operating in 19 states across the U.S. forced some of its 140 hospitals to divert ambulances, caused patients to postpone medical tests and blocked online access to patient records. The Ascension spokesperson’s latest statement, issued Thursday, said ambulances had been diverted from “several” hospitals without naming them. In Wichita, Kansas, …

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Change Healthcare's cyberattack casts a light into how cybercriminal groups work
9 months, 1 week ago

Change Healthcare's cyberattack casts a light into how cybercriminal groups work

NPR  

Change Healthcare's cyberattack casts a light into how cybercriminal groups work The healthcare industry is still struggling to overcome a cyberattack that took the IT company, Change Healthcare, offline in February. The cybercriminal group behind it is part of a professionalize ROB SCHMITZ, HOST: The health care industry is still struggling to overcome a February cyberattack that hit the IT …

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Confidential data breach in Motilal Oswal by ransomware gang LockBit
10 months ago

Confidential data breach in Motilal Oswal by ransomware gang LockBit

Business Standard  

Broking firm Motilal Oswal Financial Services has fallen victim to a cyber attack by LockBit, which has claimed to have gained access to 'confidential data,' according to a report by technology news portal TechCrunch. LockBit, a ransomware group, claimed responsibility for the attack on its dark web, potentially risking the information of over six million clients of MOFSL. Last year, …

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British Library struggles for weeks after cyber-attack against site and systems
1 year, 1 month ago

British Library struggles for weeks after cyber-attack against site and systems

The Hindu  

The British Library is gradually recovering from a “major technology outage as a result of a cyber-attack,” which had affected its website, online systems, and some onsite services since late October at least. The Rhysida ransomware group took responsibility for the attack on the British Library and wanted hundreds of thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency, reported TechCrunch on Monday. The …

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Kansas court system down nearly 2 weeks in ‘security incident’ that has hallmarks of ransomware
1 year, 1 month ago

Kansas court system down nearly 2 weeks in ‘security incident’ that has hallmarks of ransomware

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas officials are calling a massive computer outage that’s kept most of the state’s courts offline for two weeks a “security incident” and, while they had not provided an explanation as of Wednesday, experts say it has all the hallmarks of a ransomware attack. it’s going to knock out the entire state system rather than simply an …

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FBI and European partners seize major malware network in blow to global cybercrime
1 year, 3 months ago

FBI and European partners seize major malware network in blow to global cybercrime

The Independent  

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FBI and European partners seize major malware network in blow to global cybercrime
1 year, 3 months ago

FBI and European partners seize major malware network in blow to global cybercrime

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — U.S. officials said Tuesday that the FBI and its European partners infiltrated and seized control of a major global malware network used for more than 15 years to commit a gamut of online crimes including crippling ransomware attacks. “Nearly ever sector of the economy has been victimized by Qakbot,” Martin Estrada, the U.S. attorney in Los Angeles, …

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FBI and European partners seize major malware network in blow to global cybercrime
1 year, 3 months ago

FBI and European partners seize major malware network in blow to global cybercrime

LA Times  

The FBI announced that it and European partners, including Europol, whose Cybercrime Center is shown, had infiltrated and seized control of a major malware network that was used for more than 15 years to commit crippling ransomware attacks and other crimes. U.S. officials said Tuesday that the FBI and its European partners infiltrated and seized control of a major malware …

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CERT-In cautions Internet users against Ransomware 'Akira' attack
1 year, 5 months ago

CERT-In cautions Internet users against Ransomware 'Akira' attack

The Hindu  

An Internet ransomware virus 'Akira' that steals vital personal information and encrypts data leading to extortion of money from people has been reported in cyberspace, the country's federal cyber security agency has said in the latest advisory. This group first steals the information from victims, then encrypt data on their systems and conducts double extortion to force the victim into …

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The latest victim of the MOVEit data breach is the Department of Health and Human Services
1 year, 5 months ago

The latest victim of the MOVEit data breach is the Department of Health and Human Services

Associated Press  

Federal health officials have notified Congress of a data breach that could involve the information of more than 100,000 people. A representative of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday that attackers gained access to the department’s data by exploiting a vulnerability in widely used file-transfer software. Other government agencies, major pension funds and private businesses also …

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Ransomware attack affects Dallas police, court websites
1 year, 7 months ago

Ransomware attack affects Dallas police, court websites

The Independent  

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India Saw 53% Increase In Ransomware Attacks In 2022; IT And ITeS Worst Hit: CERT-In
1 year, 8 months ago

India Saw 53% Increase In Ransomware Attacks In 2022; IT And ITeS Worst Hit: CERT-In

News 18  

India saw a 53 per cent increase in ransomware incidents in 2022 and IT and ITeS was the majorly impacted sector followed by finance and manufacturing, India’s national cyber agency CERT-In has said in its latest report. Ransomware players targeted critical infrastructure organisations and disrupted critical services in order to pressurise and extract ransom payments in 2022, according to the …

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Guardian staff shut out of offices for another three weeks after ransomware attack
1 year, 11 months ago

Guardian staff shut out of offices for another three weeks after ransomware attack

The Telegraph  

Guardian staff will be forced to work from home for at least another three weeks as the newspaper struggles to recover from a cyber attack. “To reduce strain on our networks and help the enterprise tech, ESD and other involved teams focus on the most essential fixes, everyone must work from home until at least Monday 23rd January in the …

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‘Due to improper network segmentation’: Centre tells LS on AIIMS cyber attack
2 years ago

‘Due to improper network segmentation’: Centre tells LS on AIIMS cyber attack

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: Five servers in the information technology network of All India Institute of Medical Sciences were compromised by unknown threat actors “due to improper network segmentation”, minister of state for electronics and technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar told the Lok Sabha, citing a preliminary analysis. AIIMS, widely regarded as India’s foremost government hospital, was hit by a ransomware attack on November …

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AIIMS Ransomware Attack Originated from China, Data on 5 Hacked Servers Retrieved: Sources
2 years ago

AIIMS Ransomware Attack Originated from China, Data on 5 Hacked Servers Retrieved: Sources

News 18  

The “deliberate and targeted” ransomware attack on the servers of AIIMS Delhi originated from China and of 100 servers, five were infiltrated by the hackers but data from them has been successfully retrieved, sources have told CNN-News18. “Today the server for National Informatics Centre’s eHospital being used at AIIMS, New Delhi, was down due to which outpatient and inpatient digital …

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Safdarjung Hospital reports 'cyber attack' but not ransomware
2 years ago

Safdarjung Hospital reports 'cyber attack' but not ransomware

India TV News  

Safdarjung Hospital cyber attack : Safdarjung Hospital officials today said the hospital was under a cyber-attack, but the damage was not as severe as it had been for the All India Institute of Medical Sciences hospital. Another official from the hospital said that IP was blocked, adding, The news agency ANI team contacted the IT of the hospital also for …

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AIIMS continues silence on media reports of ₹200-crore demand by hackers
2 years ago

AIIMS continues silence on media reports of ₹200-crore demand by hackers

The Hindu  

The services at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in the national capital were carried out manually for the seventh consecutive day on Tuesday, after the hospital last week said its server might have been subjected to a ransomware attack. Last Wednesday, AIIMS said the National Informatics Centre team working at the institute had informed that the servers were …

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