August 2017

Hackers Make $2,900 From South Carolina School District Dorchester School District Two, of South Carolina, was hit with ransomware over the summer.  The attack was found when the district discovered over half of its data was inaccessible.  After further investigation, they found 25 servers riddled with an undisclosed ransomware variant.  The school district was unable […]

Ransomware Attack Leaves Thousands of Patient Files Exposed The Salina Family Healthcare Center, located in Salina, Kansas was hit with ransomware in June of 2017.   The ransom demands were not met.  Instead, the infected servers and endpoints were taken offline until they could be scrubbed and backups could be installed.  Now, two months after

Ransomware Went Undetected for a Month — Exposing Thousands of Patient Files St. Mark’s Surgical Center, located in Fort Myers, Florida was the victim of a ransomware attack in April.  However, the attack was not discovered until May, when the medical facility conducted a forensic investigation.  The event that triggered the investigation is not being