ransomware

Another Illinois County Suffers Cyber Attack Just last week, we reported Crawford County in Illinois had been victimized by ransomware.  Now, new reports have been released regarding another public municipality being attacked in Illinois. WAND News 17 has confirmed Moultrie County has also been hit with a cyber attack, with employees stating it was a […]

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

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

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

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

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

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