Cyber Criminals Breach the HBO Empire Recently, hackers leaked HBO television scripts and corporate emails. Although, they claim to have breached over a terabyte of data, they have only leaked 800 megabytes of it. The cyber criminal(s) going by Kind Mr. Smith, stated it took about six months to breach the network. Therefore, they are […]
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Aftermath of South Dakota Medical Facility Ransomware Attack In February of 2017, Plastic Surgery Associates of South Dakota was hit with a ransomware attack. The malware left medical records encrypted, completely unavailable to staff. The medical facility reached out to third-party investigators for assistance. However, in April, all evidence was lost. Therefore, it is unclear
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Pennsylvania Ransomware Attack Leads to Significant Breach An unknown ransomware variant hit the Women’s Health Group, located in Pennsylvania. The ransomware hit impacted 45 offices. However, officials reported the encrypted data was restored through the backup system. The ransomware attack also lead to a significant security breach, impacting approximately 300,000 patient files. The information breached
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Breach discovered during ransomware investigation… The Peachtree Neurological Clinic, located in Atlanta, Georgia was hit with ransomware. The clinic is not disclosing when the attack took place. However, they did report not paying the ransom demand and restoring the files internally. Although, throughout the investigation and remediation process, the medical facility learned of a security breach.
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Impact Still Felt, A Month After Ransomware Attack KQED, the largest radio station in San Francisco is still struggling to get back to day-to-day operations after ransomware took down their computers in mid-June. Tech Talk first reported the attack on June 17th, just two days after the ransomware hit. The station’s streaming services were pushed
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Caro Medical Facilities Paralyzed by Ransomware Three medical facilities, all tied to the Caro Community Hospital were infected with ransomware on July 5, 2017. According to WNEM, the Caro Community Hospital, Caro Medical Clinic and the Caro Quick Care were impacted by the ransomware that hit the Caro Community Hospital’s database. Once aware of the attack,
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Cyber Criminals Take Down Canadian Company Last weekend, and unnamed Canadian firm was hit with ransomware. IT World Canada reported, the ransomware was able to infiltrate the system by worming its way through vulnerabilities found in the company’s Windows operating system. The malicious software took down the company’s databases and wiped out all of their
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LeakerLocker Doesn’t Encrypt… The new ransomware, LeakerLocker, is taking a different approach to exploiting their victims. Instead of targeting PCs, LeakerLocker focuses on smart phones. Within the device, they then create an unauthorized copy of the user’s pictures, videos and browsing history. They then, threaten to share all of this information with every person in
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Over the last three days, four different ransomware infections have been reported. Each of which targeting public departments and organizations. WannaCry Takes Down Fire and Police Departments According to US News, two emergency systems in Tennessee were infected with ransomware. The Murfreesboro Police and Fire Departments were hit, leaving their systems completely paralyzed. It is unclear
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Breach Concerns Raised After Ohio Clinic is Riddled with Ransomware The Ohio clinic, PVHS-ICM Employee Health and Wellness, located in Dublin, recently informed their patients of a ransomware attack that hit its servers in May of 2017. The ransomware only infected one location. Therefore, all other locations were not impacted. The ransomware variant that attacked
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