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Ransomware Hits Alaskan Medical Records Facility

Kayla Elliott / July 25, 2018

But That’s Not All… In April, ransomware infiltrated the servers of Golden Heart Administrative Professionals (GHAP), a medical billing, and bookkeeping facility located in Fairbanks, Alaska. The incident was reported to impact approximately 500 of GHAP’s clients, exposing approximately 44,600 patient files. Although there is no evidence the information breached has been used maliciously, GHAP reported […]

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Major American Medical Facility, LabCorp, Riddled with Ransomware

Kayla Elliott / July 23, 2018

LabCorp Suffers From Cyber Attack A suspected ransomware attack hit America’s medical lab facility, LabCorp, the weekend of July 14, 2018. Suspicious activity was detected on the company’s diagnostic systems. The ransomware variant has been disclosed as SamSam. This is the same variant that took down the City of Atlanta and Colorado’s Department of Transportation.

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Another Connecticut Facility Suffers From Cyber Attack

Kayla Elliott / July 12, 2018

Two Ransomware Attacks Strike in Connecticut Last week, we reported on Middleton School District, located in Connecticut becoming infected with ransomware. This led to only two of their six systems being partially operational. Now, a week later the Derby Police Department released they too have been a victim of ransomware. Although, there is no evidence

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Missouri Regional Medical Facility Diverts Patients Elsewhere, Post Ransomware Attack

Kayla Elliott / July 11, 2018

Missouri’s Cass Regional Medical Facility Falls Victim to Cyber Attack Cass Regional Medical Center, located in Kansas City, Missouri was infected with ransomware on July 9, 2018. Health IT Security reported the organization responded with their emergency response efforts within 30 minutes of suspected infiltration. The facility’s IT department is continuing work to restore the

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Ransomware Damages Projected to Total $8 Billion for 2018

Kayla Elliott / July 10, 2018

Ransomware Damages Expected to Increase 60% Year-Over-Year Last year, PC Matic reported ransomware damages were expected to reach $11.5 billion by 2019; a 130% increase from 2017. Now, nine months after that initial post, reports are suggesting that total is quite accurate, and unfortunately rather attainable. According to our friends at KnowBe4, ransomware damages are expected

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Over Half of Company Execs Are Paying Hacker’s Ransom Demands

Kayla Elliott / July 3, 2018

A Majority of Executives are Paying Hackers According to Bitcoinist, a new study has been conducted regarding ransomware attacks and the tendency of those hackers of getting paid. Merrill Research surveyed 232 executives worldwide, and 69% said their company faced a ransom attack in the past year. This is a significant jump, considering only 14% of

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Connecticut School District Attempts to Remediate After Ransomware Corrupted Systems

Kayla Elliott / July 2, 2018

Middleton Schools in Connecticut Suffer from Ransomware Attack Another ransomware has hit, yet another, school district. This time, it was Middleton District Schools, located in Middleton, Connecticut. The cyber attack is currently under investigation. Meaning, very few details are being released. What we do know is, an unknown ransomware variant infiltrated the school’s systems on

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New Ransomware Scam Demands Payment Before Infection

Kayla Elliott / June 26, 2018

Ransomware Scam is Just That – A Scam A new ransomware scam was recently discovered, where hackers are now demanding payment prior to infecting the user’s device. The hackers have been sending out emails claiming they are going to infect the user’s device on a specific date. Once the infection takes place, the data will

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Liberty Life Attempts to Recover from Cyber Attack

Kayla Elliott / June 18, 2018

Liberty Life Insurance Suffers from Ransomware Attack Liberty Life insurance, headquartered in Southern Africa, is attempting to recover from a ransomware attack. On June 16, 2018, the organization notified millions of their customers the company had been the victim of a cyber attack. As a result, several emails and attachments that were encrypted. In addition, there

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Atlanta’s Ransomware Attack Costs Continue to Increase

Kayla Elliott / June 11, 2018

The City of Atlanta’s Ransomware Attack Costs Keep Growing On March 22nd, PC Pitstop shared the story of the SamSam ransomware attack that took down the City of Atlanta. It took almost a week, before the city’s offices were able to turn on their computers, and now, almost three months later, the infection is still

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