Two Indiana Hospital Ransomware Attacks Hit on the Same Day On January 11th, Hancock Regional Hospital was hit with ransomware. After resorting to paper filing, they chose to pay the $55,000 ransom demands. What’s even more shocking is, they had the backup files available to restore the system without paying the ransom. Now, another report […]
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Update, 1/16/2018: Hancock Regional Hospital ended up paying the ransom demand of $55,000. Officials are still reporting patient data was not breached. Officials did report the 1,400 files that were ecrypted were backed up, and could have been replaced. Although, they believed it would be more cost effective to pay the ransom demands to regain
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Cyber Attack Hits South Dakota Town The first publicized ransomware attack appears to have taken place in the small town of Belle Fourche, South Dakota. On January 4th, officials reported two of Belle Fourche’s city hall computers were inoperable after ransomware had infiltrated the system. Neither the ransomware variant, nor the ransom demands have been
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Cyber Criminals Target College in Ransomware Attack On December 18, 2017 Dartmouth College, located in Hanover, New Hampshire, was the victim of a cyber attack. Officials noticed unauthorized activity, and determined there was a virus on their systems. It was determined the virus was designed to encrypt files. Although, the encryption was not able to
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The 2017 Global Threat Intelligence Report (GTIR) broke down the cyber security threats the world faced last year. Not only will we discuss some key features, but also ways to mitigate each threat. 73% of Malware Attacks were Distributed via Phishing Attacks Emails with malicious intent, or phishing emails, proved to be the method of
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Hackers Arrested for Massive Cyber Attack Almost a year ago, PC Pitstop reported on a ransomware attack that took out 123 surveillance cameras days before President Trump’s inauguration. After determining the cameras were infected with malware, it was determined Dharma and Cerber ransomware were also on the systems. Beyond infecting the systems with ransomware, there
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Nebraska Eye Clinic Releases Statement Regarding Ransomware Infection Eye Physicians, P.C., located in Columbus, Nebraska was the victim of a ransomware attack in October. The ransomware variant infiltrated the facilities systems, encrypting files on some of its servers. Eye Physicians, P.C. was able to restore all encrypted files with their backup files. The organization made
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Longs Peak Family Practice in Colorado Suffers Cyber Attacks Longs Peak Family Practice in Longmont, Colorado suffered a ransomware attack in early November. According to their public statement, the facility did not pay the ransom. Instead they were able to remediate the encrypted files using backups. A few days after the ransomware attack, the IT
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The Malicious Software that Doesn’t Slow Down… Ransomware recently took down the Georgia Department of Agriculture’s website. The infection was reported earlier this month, and it took 11 days for the website to be restored. The ransomware variant and ransom demands were not released. However, officials reported they were able to restore systems using their
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North Korea Found to be a Part of Major Cyber Hacks Over the past week, North Korea has been blamed for two major cyber attacks. Cyber security analysts believe North Korea has been stealing the crypto-currency, bitcoins, by executing advanced persistent threats (APTs). APTs are when a hacker gains unauthorized access to a network with
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