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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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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Minnesota Mental Health Facility Falls Victim to Ransomware Attack Associates in Psychiatry and Psychology, located in Rochester, Minnesota discovered its files had been locked with the ransomware variant deemed Triple-M on March 31, 2018. Beyond locking the facility’s files, the attack also disabled the computers’ system restore functions and reformatted the network storage device; which was
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Michigan Medical Facility Suffers Ransomware Attack Allied Physicians, located in Michiana, Michigan was the victim of a ransomware attack on May 17, 2018. Reports confirmed the computer network was quickly shut down in an attempt to contain the cyber attack. Although, officials would not disclose how long the firm’s systems were impacted, they did indicate
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Ransomware Takes Out Ohio Police and Fire Departments, Again… Riverside Fire and Police Departments, located in Ohio, have been the target of recent ransomware attacks. In mid-April, an undisclosed ransomware took down the public municipality’s networks. Officials reported, they did not pay the ransom demands, instead choosing to work with their IT staff to rebuild
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Another Ransomware Attack Targets Oregon Public School Roseburg Public Schools in Oregon is the most recent educational institution feeling the wrath of cyber criminals. On Monday, May 7, 2018, school officials identified an undisclosed ransomware variant on their networks. The malicious attack took down the school’s email systems, website, and software. IT professionals are working
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85,000 Patients Notified of Security Breach The Center of Orthopedic Specialists, a California medical facility, suffered a ransomware infection in February of 2018. Now months later, the medical facility is informing patients of a potential security breach as a result of the ransomware infection. Approximately 85,000 patient files may have been compromised, potentially releasing information including: Social
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Leominster Schools of Massachusetts Suffer Ransomware Attack During the week of April 16,, 2018, hackers infiltrated the networks of Leominster Schools, leaving information inaccessible to student and staff. On Friday, April 20th, officials decided to pay the $10,000 ransom demands via bitcoin. Massachusetts officials have stated, as of April 26th, they have yet to gain access to their
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Ransomware Infects Georgia’s Dawson County Dawson County computers were infected with a malicious attack on Monday, April 23, 2018. The attack was first identified by the tax assessor’s office. Shortly after the ransomware was confirmed, servers and endpoints were taken offline in an attempt to mitigate the infection. IT professionals were able to work through
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Rockport, Massachusetts Riddle with Ransomware Ransomware took down networks at the Rockport Town Office, located in Massachusetts, on April 13, 2018. Since, IT professionals have been working overtime to get computer systems working at full capacity and to restore city data. Fortunately, they were able to recover data through the backup systems; however, all information
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