Ransomware Riddles Iowa Eye Clinic On August 23, 2018, an unknown ransomware variant infected Jones Eye Clinic, located in Sioux City, Iowa. It remains unclear if the clinic paid the ransom demands in order to regain access to their systems, but months later they’re reporting the attack could have more negative effects than originally thought. Jones […]
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Illinois’ Crawford County Suffers Severe Cyber Attack The accounting department of Crawford County, located in Robinson, Illinois, recently was victimized by cyber crime. Hackers infected the county’s servers and encrypted all of the account receivables, account payables and payroll data. After consulting with their auditing team, county officials chose to issue payroll manually. However, the
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Ransomware Riddles Two City Systems, and Indiana’s National Guard An unknown ransomware variant infected the City of Muscatine, located in Iowa, on October 10th. The cyber attack impacted multiple servers and since has been isolated. The local IT staff and federal officials are working to remediate city systems. It remains unclear if the city plans
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Ransomware Infects North Carolina Municipality Over the weekend, the Onslow Water and Sewer Authority (ONWASA), located in Jacksonville, North Carolina, was hit with a ransomware attack. The infection crippled their internal computer system, including servers and personal computers. The ransomware variant has been reported as the RYUK virus. Although it successfully encrypted several of the
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Madison County Municipality Suffers Ransomware Attack An unknown ransomware variant has infected Madison County municipality offices, located in Rexburg, Idaho. The infection took place over the weekend of October 6th. The exact time is unclear; however, county officials reported employees have been unable to send emails since Sunday, October 7th. Fortunately, the county is able
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Ransomware Strikes Port of San Diego On September 25, 2018, the Port of San Diego in California was hit with an unknown ransomware variant. Over the last three days, park permits, business filings, and public record requests have slowed down to a glacial pace. In addition, the San Diego Harbor Police Department was forced to
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Everything isn’t always what we seem. This is something we have come to know and accept. However, when we download a program that is supposed to protect us, that is what we expect it to do. Apple users were recently duped with Adware Doctor, which positioned itself as an adware prevention tool, but actually was
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Hawaii Medical Facility Issues Warning to 40k Patients The Fetal Diagnostic Institute of the Pacific (FDIP), located in Honolulu, Hawaii has begun contacting over 40,000 patients regarding a potential data breach. Concerns of a breach come after the facility fell victim to a ransomware attack in June of this year. After discovering the ransomware, FDIP contacted
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Florida Schools Struggle After Ransomware Infects Networks Monroe School District, located in Key West, Florida is attempting to restore their computer systems after the ransomware variant GandCrab infected its systems earlier this week. On Sunday a member of the school staff noticed something was off with their networks. They contacted the IT department promptly for proper
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New Hampshire Healthcare Facility Suffers Ransomware, Followed by Security Breach Health Management Concepts (HMC) of New Hampshire recently suffered a ransomware attack. The variant has not been disclosed to the public, but HMC officials did report they paid an undisclosed ransom amount. Before going on, it should be noted that paying the ransom demands is
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