Second Largest Laptop Manufacturer In The World Compal is huge. They build laptops for Apple, Acer, Lenovo, Dell, Toshiba, HP, and Fujitsu. This makes it even more worrisome that the Taiwanese manufacturer was reportedly hit by ransomware. The leak was reported on Sunday. Subsequently, employees returning to work Monday were instructed to check their machines […]
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Ransomware Attacks Happen Long Before The Ransom Is Posted Ransomware is an increasing problem globally, costing billions annually with the price tag only increasing. While a ransom message popping up on the screen, followed by the realization that your files are locked, can be surprising, it definitely isn’t an immediate result of being hacked. Attacks
A Message To Donors A few weeks ago, we reported on the Blackbaud ransomware attack affecting businesses and non-profits across the US, UK, and Canada. While Blackbaud paid the undisclosed ransom, the entities affected are still dealing with the aftermath. NPR recently reached out to its donors to let them know their financial information wasn’t
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Photo by Linus Nylund on Unsplash The Aftermath of an Attack Two dozen colleges, universities, and charity organizations in the US, UK, and Canada are dealing with the after effects of a ransomware attack that’s now turned into a data breach. Cloud provider Blackbaud suffered a ransomware attack earlier this year. They provide cloud services
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Gang Demands $7.5 Million Argentinian ISP, Telecom Argentina, is one of the country’s largest internet service providers (ISP). This weekend, on Saturday July 18th, they were quick to respond to an attack by REvil (Sodinokibi) ransomware group. REvil was, however, able to install their ransomware onto over 18,000 internal workstations. As a result, this caused
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Personal Information Exposed IT provider Cognizant informed its employees about a Maze ransomware attack on May 1st. Personal information, including names and company credit card numbers, were part of the compromised data. However, some employees were also exposed to additional data exposure. “The small number of associates who have had other kinds of personal information
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Photo by Will Hough on Unsplash Honda’s Global Operations Haulted Automobile giant Honda confirmed today that they’ve been the victim of a cyberattack. The company released a statement Tuesday on the affected production issues outside of their Japan headquarters. “Work is being undertaken to minimize the impact and to restore full functionality of production, sales, and development activities,”
Ransomware Attack Has A Deadline Michigan State University is counting down a clock, but not for a buzzer to signal another athletic victory. Today the gang responsible for Netwalker ransomware announced they’ve given MSU administrators a week. MSU was hacked. The administration can pay the undisclosed ransom or risk having sensitive data released. Michigan State,
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The FBI Refuses A group of hackers known as REvil or Sodinokibi have released their first round of emails they claim are “damaging” to Trump’s reelection campaign, as reported by Forbes. The group successfully stole information from a New York lawfirm and are now claiming they have “dirty laundry” on Trump. After publishing documents on
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Posing As A Customer To Hack The System Magellan Health, based in Arizona, reported an infiltration of their systems they discovered on April 11th. The hack happened 5 days earlier when a socially engineered phishing attempt impersonated a Magellan client. Magellan is using a third party cybersecurity forensics firm to assist in the investigation. The
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