Another Urology Clinic is Victimized In late 2016, the Metropolitan Urology Group was hit with ransomware. Now, Urology Austin, located in Austin, Texas, just released they were hit with ransomware on January 22, 2017. Ransomware, the malware that locks critical files and demands a payment from the victim to release the files, has been taking the […]
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Richmond Housing Agency Lost a Month’s Worth of Data The Richmond Housing Agency, in Indiana, was recently hit with a ransomware attack. The systems were infected in on February 27, 2017. The ransomware variant is believed to have ties back to India. After encrypting the housing agency’s systems, hackers demanded $8,000 to restore the company’s
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Metropolitan Urology Group Found Patient Information Leaked During Ransomware Attack In November, 2016, the Metropolitan Urology Group (MUG) was hit with a ransomware attack. Two months later, in January, 2017, MUG discovered the hackers obtained private, patient information during the attack. The patients impacted are those who rendered services between 2003 and 2010. The information exposed
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Wood River Police Department of Illinois Hit With Ransomware According to The Telegraph, on March 5, 2017 the Wood River Police Department was hit with a malicious phishing attack that included ransomware. The phishing attack was successful, infecting one computer. However, the issues that presented after the attack set off red flags for the officers.
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PA State Senate Ransomware Attack Pennsylvania senators were unable to access their computer networks and data after ransomware took over the Pennsylvania Senate’s computer systems. According to 10 TV, the attack hasn’t affected the state’s networks, which are separate from the Senate’s computers. The ransomware variant that successfully infiltrated the Senate’s system is not being disclosed, nor
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Bingham County Taken Offline After Ransomware Attack Bingham County of Idaho continues to struggle to get all of their systems back online after ransomware hit their systems last Wednesday. On February 15, 2017 the county first discovered the ransomware. Every county office has been impacted in some way, whether it is their phones, database, or
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The Telegraph recently reported another ransomware attack, this time taking down an Illinois police department. Roxana Police Department is remaining tight-lipped regarding the issue, but did confirm their systems have been infected with ransomware. However, here is what we don’t know: When the attack took place How the ransomware got onto the police department’s systems The
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According to Mirror, UK City Council located in Tiverton has just lost two years worth of data after a town clerk, John Vanderwolfe, clicked on a malicious attachment. Vanderwolfe stated clicking on the link was a lapse in judgement. He said instead of populating the data he expected after clicking the link, it just came up as a
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Ransomware Hit County Government Hard… After a vicious ransomware attack, the Licking County websites, phones, computers and county’s network have been taken offline. The systems are projected to remain offline until the end of this week. The problem was discovered Tuesday evening, and critical systems were immediately taken offline. The specific ransomware variant is not being disclosed,
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In November, 2016, a professor at California nursing school, Gurnick Acadamy, was attempting to access his lectures. The lectures were saved on an external storage device, which he plugged into his work PC. It was then, he realized his lectures were gone. Completely encrypted. He contacted the school’s IT department for assistance. Luckily, the IT department worked not
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