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2020-12-04 10:20:52 | Vancouver public transport agency hit by ransomware attack (lien direct) | TransLink, the public transport agency for Vancouver, Canada, has been hit by a ransomware attack which has halted their operations. The attack took place on December 1, and has resulted in the residents of Vancouver being unable to use their metro cards, or pay for new tickets, at TransLink’s Compass ticket kiosks. TransLink initially thought […] | Ransomware | ||
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2020-12-03 13:31:20 | Ransomware gang steals 2 million credit cards from E-Land (lien direct) | The ransomware gang Clop has claimed to be responsible for a cyberattack on E-Land Retail. Clop have said that they have stolen around 2 million credit card’s details over the past year, with the attack ending last month. E-Land Retail is a subsidiary of E-Land Global, which manages a number of retail clothing stores, such […] | Ransomware | ||
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2020-11-30 10:38:10 | Ransomware gang targets TV producers for Big Brother, The Voice and more (lien direct) | The Endemol Shine Group, an Amsterdam-based production and distribution company that produces shows such as The Voice, Big Brother and Master Chef has been hit by a ransomware attack. The ransomware gang behind the attack is DopplePaymer, who Microsoft warned the public about in November. DopplePaymer claimed responsibility for the attack with Endemol Shine being […] | Ransomware | ||
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2020-11-27 16:24:58 | Why the power to neutralise the threat of ransomware lies within your network (lien direct) | Ransomware attacks are on the up. Due to low execution costs, high rates of return, as well as a low risk of being caught, ransomware has become the preferred method of attack for those operating illegally within the online space. In fact, research highlights a surge in the number of ransomware attacks against businesses. In […] | Ransomware Threat | ||
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2020-11-27 11:19:40 | Canon confirms data theft in August\'s ransomware attack (lien direct) | Months after the attack Canon publically confirmed that the cyberattack in August was caused by ransomware, and that data was stolen from servers by hackers during this attack. The attack was first reported by BleepingComputer when they found that there was a suspicious outage on cannons cloud photo storage service, image.canon, which caused users to […] | Ransomware | ||
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2020-11-27 10:56:32 | Fertility patients\' data stolen in ransomware attack (lien direct) | One of the largest group of fertility clinics in the United States, U.S. Fertility, has recently been hit by a ransomware attack, with patient and company data stolen. U.S. Fertility said that hackers “acquired a limited number of files” while they were in the system. The hackers remained in the system for a month, until […] | Ransomware | ||
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2020-11-24 12:18:43 | Brazilian government recovers from their worst cyberattack yet (lien direct) | Brazil’s public sector institution, the Superior Electoral Court (STJ, in the Portuguese acronym), recently suffered the most server cyberattack to ever target their government. Following this attack, the STJ is finally managing to get their systems back up and running, after over two weeks of disruptions. On the Novermber 3 the ransomware attack targetted STJ’s […] | Ransomware | ||
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2020-11-23 11:00:26 | Korean Retailer suffers Ransomware attack (lien direct) | The South Korean fashion retailed, E-Land, has recently fallen victims to a major security threat after a ransomware attack plagued the company’s corporate network. The ransomware attack resulted in E-Land having to shut down almost half of their operations in South Korea, with the attacks becoming one of the country’s largest mass attacks to date. […] | Ransomware Threat | ||
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2020-11-16 11:58:29 | DarkSide placed on restricted list following Iranian hosting announcement (lien direct) | Coveware, the ransomware negotiation firm, have recently placed DarkSide operation on an internal restricted list following the threat actor’s announcement to host infrastructure in Iran. DarkSide ransomware operation usually encrypts a network from which their affiliates will steal an unencrypted file from, which they will then threaten to release if their ransom is not paid. […] | Ransomware Threat | ||
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2020-11-13 15:26:43 | Ransomware-as-a-Service gang DarkSide creates server for data leaks (lien direct) | Cybercriminal groups are scaling up their operations. According to BleepingComputer, the DarkSide Ransomware operation have claimed they are creating a distributed storage system in Iran to store and leak data stolen from victims. Since double-extortion ransomware became threat actors’ attack of choice, law enforcement and security firms have been actively searching the stolen data in order […] | Ransomware Threat | ||
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2020-11-13 10:41:01 | Possible ransomware attack warnings from the Australian government (lien direct) | The Australian government have recently sent out a security alert encouraging health sector organisation to check their cyber-security defences, and most importantly their controls for detecting ransomware attacks. Australia's Cyber Security Centre said that it “observed increased targeting activity against the Australian Health sector by actors using the SDBBot Remote Access Tool (RAT).” This warning […] | Ransomware Tool | ||
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2020-11-12 15:56:51 | Cyberattacks increase by 260% in the first nine months of 2020 (lien direct) | New research by Zscaler, analyzing 6.6 billion security threats, has discovered a 260% increase in attacks during the first nine months of 2020. Among the encrypted attacks was an increase of the amount of ransomware by 500%, with the most prominent variants being FileCrypt/FileCoder, followed by Sodinokibi, Maze and Ryuk. Here’s what security experts had to […] | Ransomware | ||
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2020-11-12 10:41:28 | Ransomware attacks targeting Israel are thought to be linked to Iranian threat actors (lien direct) | Multiple sources have reported that Iranian threat actors have been identified as being responsible for the two recent ransomware waves targeting Israeli companies. These ransomware attacks targeting Israeli targets have been happening since mid-October, and have intensified this month. There have been Israeli companies of all sizes targetted by the attacks, with the actors using […] | Ransomware Threat | ||
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2020-10-30 11:46:28 | Georgia county residence have had their voter information leaked by ransomware gang (lien direct) | Earlier this month the ransomware gang DoppelPaymer released unencrypted data that they have stolen from Hall County, Georgia during a cyberattack. The attack affected Hall County’s networks and phone system. At the time of the attack, there were no signs that the unencrypted data had been stolen by the hackers. A spokesperson for Hall County […] | Ransomware | ||
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2020-10-28 11:29:36 | Cybereason announces $1 million comprehensive breach protection warranty (lien direct) | Cybereason today announced the availability of the Cybereason Breach Protection Warranty that provides up to $1 Million in coverage in the event of a breach. The Cybereason Breach Protection Warranty covers a variety of attacks including zero-day, malware and ransomware attacks, and is available free of charge to customers with the Cybereason Ultimate package, a […] | Ransomware Malware | ||
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2020-10-28 11:22:22 | Enel Group suffer another ransomware attack (lien direct) | The multinational energy company, Enel Group, have suffered another ransomware attack for the second time this year. This attack was by Netwalker, who are demanding $14 million ransom for the decryption key and for them not to release stolen data. Enel is one of the largest companies in the European energy sector, spanning across 40 […] | Ransomware | ||
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2020-10-21 10:09:56 | Transport line in Montreal hit with ransomware (lien direct) | Montreal’s transport system, Montreal’s Société de Transport de Montréal (STM) has been attacked with ransomware called ‘RansomExx’. On 19th October, the systems suffered from an outage which affected its IT systems, customer services and website. Although the outage didn’t impact the running of buses and metros, it did affect disabled passengers from booking door-to-door services. […] | Ransomware | ||
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2020-10-14 14:56:46 | Repeat victimisation: the threat of double extortion ransomware attacks (lien direct) | Ransomware has already proven itself to be a powerfully profitable weapon in the cybercriminal arsenal. According to Emsisoft, in 2019, ransomware incidents could have had a combined cost of more than $7.5 billion (£5.65 billion). That's just for US-based incidents too. As cybersecurity professionals and the public at large have come to realise, cybercrime is […] | Ransomware Threat | ||
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2020-10-13 09:51:30 | Cybersecurity victory as Trickbot is forced offline (lien direct) | A coalition compromising of ESET, Microsoft, FS-ISAC, NTT, Lumen Black Lotus Labs and Symantec managed to disrupt Trickbot botnet, one of the main vectors of ransomware distribution worldwide. The efforts were made possible due to a court order obtained by Microsoft, as well as technical actions which were made in partnership with various telecoms operators […] | Ransomware | ||
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2020-10-12 10:26:36 | Major cruise ship brand hit with ransomware (lien direct) | One of the largest cruise line operators, Carnival suffered a ransomware attack back in August and has since confirmed that the breach leaked personal information relating to customers, employees and crew members. There are roughly 150,000 employees working for Carnival who get over 13 million guests a year across its 13 cruise brands. However, the […] | Ransomware | ||
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2020-10-09 10:52:43 | New ransomeware detected in Android apps (lien direct) | A new form of ransomware has been detected in Andriod apps called AndroidOS/MalLocker.B. This type of ransomware enters the phone through downloads from online forums and third-party websites. Once on the device, it takes over the phone, prohibiting the user access to their phone. A window pops up on the screen impersonating a law enforcement message […] | Ransomware | ★★★★★ | |
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2020-10-05 10:38:34 | Health tech firm leading COVID-19 trials hit with ransomware (lien direct) | eResearch Technology, a company that sells software that is widely used in clinical trials, was hit by ransomware. This attack has resulted in the slowing of some clinical trials testing COVID-19 vaccines. Two of the main companies hit were IQVIA, who is helping manage AstraZeneca‘s vaccine trial as well as Bristol Myers Squibb which is […] | Ransomware | ||
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2020-09-30 10:21:52 | Microsoft defence report outlines how criminals are becoming more sophisticated (lien direct) | Microsoft had released its Digital Defence Report detailing how cybercriminals are becoming more sophisticated in how they carry out their attacks. Looking at data from the past year, the report shows how these attacks are becoming harder to spot, meaning they are targeting even the savviest of people. What’s more, the report shows that ransomware […] | Ransomware | ||
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2020-09-29 10:56:08 | Universal Health Services hit by ransomware attack (lien direct) | One of the U.S.’s largest hospital chains, Universal Health Services Inc., experienced a malicious software attack which resulted in their computer systems being taken offline, crippling their computers and leading to cancelled surgeries and diverted ambulances. Unfortunately, it was reported that this attack resulted in four deaths after patients had to be redirected to different […] | Ransomware Guideline | ||
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2020-09-23 10:22:12 | Russian cybergang targeting Russian businesses (lien direct) | A newly identified cybercrime group has been repeatedly targeting Russian businesses with malware and ransomware as security firm Group-IB has found. Oleg Skulkin, Group-IB’s senior DFIR analyst states that “this is very unusual for Russian-speaking gangs who have this unspoken rule about not working within Russia and post-Soviet countries.” The group go by the name […] | Ransomware Malware | ||
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2020-09-23 10:21:42 | Long Island hospital experiences data breach (lien direct) | Stony Brook University Hospital recently issued a warning to patients about a ransomware attacks which potentially exposed their personal data. Stony Brook University Hospital is the only tertiary care center and Regional Trauma Center in Long Island, and is just one of many recent hospitals to experience a data breach. The hospital contacted patients to […] | Ransomware Data Breach | ||
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2020-09-18 11:12:32 | Ransomware attack on Californian schools stops remote learning (lien direct) | An attack on the Newhall District in Valencia is one of the many ransomware attacks targeting the education sector in America. As children head back to school and learning moves online it seems that schools are becoming a major target for ransomware attacks. This most recent attack of Californian schools targetted 10 different elementary schools, […] | Ransomware | ||
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2020-09-17 11:25:22 | The NCSC issue new advice to academia (lien direct) | After an increase of cyber attacks on the education sector, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued a new warning for schools, colleges and universities. Over the last few months, cybercriminals have attacked schools and universities with ransomware as they prepare to bring students back safely after the long pause due to the pandemic. […] | Ransomware | ||
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2020-09-14 11:30:32 | American public schools investigate ransomware attack (lien direct) | Fairfax County Public Schools are working alongside the FBI to investigate a ransomware attack on their technology system. The schools were targeted by a hacking group who admitted to stealing information from the school district. FCPS said “we are taking this matter very seriously and are working diligently to address the issue”, in a statement […] | Ransomware | ||
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2020-09-10 15:36:01 | Joining the dots: phishing and ransomware (lien direct) | Phishing and ransomware are inextricably linked. Phishing is the number one delivery mechanism for getting malicious exploits, including ransomware, into mobile devices. According to MobileIron's latest research, 60% of IT decision makers agree that phishing is the most significant threat faced by their organisation. Advanced persistent threat actors are now chaining sophisticated exploits to not […] | Ransomware Threat | ||
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2020-09-09 10:39:23 | (Déjà vu) Ransomware attacks lead to forced delays in the reopening of schools (lien direct) | Superintendent of Hartford public schools explained that they were able to restore the student-information system late last night, however the transportation system, which was also impacted is still being recovered. The Hartford district has just over 18,000 students and nearly 1,600 teachers, therefore it is essential that the attack is dealt with quickly. | Ransomware | ||
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2020-09-09 10:28:05 | Pakistan\'s largest private power company targeted by Netwalker ransomware attack (lien direct) | Pakistan’s largest private power supplier, K-Electric, which is the sole electricity supplier for the Karachi district, faced a Netwalker ransomware attack resulting in disruptions to both their billing and online services. K-Electric supplies power to 2.5 million customers, with over 10 thousand employees, making it Pakistans largest power supplier, and this an impactful attack. | Ransomware | ||
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2020-09-07 09:27:17 | Argentina\'s borders frozen after ransomware attacks (lien direct) | A Netwalker ransomware attack targetted Argentina’s official immigration agency, Dirección Nacional de Migraciones, which resulted in Argentina’s border crossing being halted for 4 hours. Ransomware attacks against local agencies are becoming more frequent, but this may be the first attack to affect a countries operations. The Argentinian government first noticed the attack after border checkpoints […] | Ransomware | ||
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2020-09-04 09:57:05 | Threat detection company, Cygilant, face ransomware attack (lien direct) | The threat detection start-up, Cygilant, recently experienced ransomware attacks. Cygilant's Chief Financial Officer, Christina Lattuca, said the company was “aware of a ransomware attack impacting a portion of Cygilant's technology environment” in an official statement. “Our Cyber Defense and Response Center team took immediate and decisive action to stop the progression of the attack. We […] | Ransomware Threat | ||
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2020-09-02 11:09:04 | Tesla employee offered $1 million in bitcoin by hacker in \'serious\' Russian ransomware attack. (lien direct) | Elon Musk, chief executive of Tesla TSLA -4.7% confirmed in a tweet that the company dealt with a potentially harmful attack planned by Russian National to install ransomware software on Tesla's computer network. The ransomware attack would have encrypted Tesla's files exposing them to the hacker's servers. However, the Tesla employee notified the $1 million […] | Ransomware | ||
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2020-08-24 07:43:12 | New Ransomware Operation – DarkSide – On the Market (lien direct) | With attacks on organisations beginning earlier this month, DarkSide is the latest ransomware operation to emerge. Having announced themselves through a ‘press release’, as revealed in BleepingComputer, this ransomware has already garnered million-dollar payouts for their attacks. The threat actors have allegedly worked with other ransomware operations making millions of dollars. However, this new product […] | Ransomware Threat | ||
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2020-08-21 13:36:02 | Ransomware hit University of Utah pays up (lien direct) | After suffering a ransomware attack the University of Utah has reportedly paid the ransom to hackers in an attempt to stop the criminals from exposing the encrypted student data. It is believed only 0.02% of data was taken from the servers and in a statement the university said: “After careful consideration, the university decided to […] | Ransomware | ||
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2020-08-18 10:08:38 | Cruise Control, Carnival Catastrophe (lien direct) | As if times weren’t hard enough for the travel industry, BleepingComputer revealed that the cruise line operator Carnival Corporation has disclosed that one of their brands suffered a ransomware attack over the past weekend. When it comes to passenger travel, data breaches and ransomware can be especially catastrophic. Biographical information, travel details and potentially passport […] | Ransomware | ||
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2020-08-17 07:57:18 | Konica Minolta Victim of Ransomware Attack (lien direct) | At the end of July, Konica Minolta, the business technology giant, fell victim to a ransomware attack that interrupted its operations for close to a week, shares BleepingComputer. The multinational corporation made over $9 billion in revenue in 2019 and has nearly 44,000 employees, offering various services and products – including healthcare technology and printing […] | Ransomware | ||
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2020-08-07 13:45:40 | Hospitals impacted after hackers target ventilator manufacture during Covid-19 (lien direct) | A notorious ransomware gang has been hitting a key manufacturer of coronavirus ventilators in the US. The DoppelPaymer gang have threatened Boyce Technologies with releasing valuable data if the ransom is not paid – as it stands, the ransom amount has not been disclosed. It's unfortunate to hear Boyce Technologies, an FDA-approved ventilator manufacturer, has had critical […] | Ransomware | ||
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2020-08-06 10:19:16 | Maze ransomware strikes again at Canon (lien direct) | Optical and imaging giant Canon has been the latest business to be hit by the scourge of ransomware. The Maze strain of ransomware has brought operations to an effective standstill, hitting the Canon email servers as well as internal applications including their instant messaging services provided by Microsoft Teams. Additionally, the US website was also […] | Ransomware | ||
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2020-08-03 10:57:25 | Aged Care Operators in Australia Under Threat of Ransomware Attacks (lien direct) | The Sydney Morning Herald has announced yet another cyberattack in a string of attacks targeted at Australian organisations and critical infrastructure. Suspected to be the work of an overseas actor, Regis, the aged care operator, is the latest to be affected. Already struggling with the coronavirus outbreak, the company now has to deal with the […] | Ransomware Threat | ||
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2020-07-29 10:45:49 | Ransomware strikes again: German business giant Dussmann Group\'s data leaked online (lien direct) | The trend of ransomware attacks turning into data breaches continues. Cybercriminals have taken the habit of exfiltrating a company’s data before encrypting their databases with ransomware, so as to double up on their profits with the sale of the stolen information. Dussman Group, one of the largest multi-service providers in Germany, is the latest enterprise […] | Ransomware | ||
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2020-07-24 10:36:24 | More Universities Impacted by Blackbaud Data Breach (lien direct) | A ransomware attack on Blackbaud, a US cloud computing provider, back in May has led to data breaches across numerous universities and NGOs. This includes the University of York, University College London, University of London, Human Rights Watch and Young Minds. As a result of Blackbaud’s delay in responding to the incident, it is likely […] | Ransomware Data Breach | ||
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2020-07-24 10:18:15 | Garmin Operations Halted Following Alleged Ransomware Attack (lien direct) | Garmin, a wearable device maker, has suffered an outage of its connected services and call centres as a result of a suspected ransomware attack. It was first revealed following a Tweet from the company’s Indian branch which announced a shutdown of some servers for planned maintenance. Soon after, the same outage message was shared across […] | Ransomware | ||
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2020-07-22 10:17:01 | University of York Suffers Data Breach (lien direct) | According to YorkMix, the personal details of staff and students from the University of York have been stolen by hackers. The US tech company, Blackbaud, which provided the university with a customer management system had suffered a ransomware attack in May of this year. However, they only informed the university on the 16th of June. […] | Ransomware Data Breach | ||
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2020-07-21 11:40:02 | $7.5 Million Demanded From Telecom Company Following Ransomware Attack (lien direct) | The largest telecommunications company in Argentina fell victim to a ransomware attack on the 18th of July. The attack was largely contained by the company’s IT workers and services such as landlines, mobile phones or the internet do not look to have been affected. However, hackers are now demanding the company pay $7.5 million, or […] | Ransomware | ||
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2020-07-17 07:58:49 | Telecom Company, Orange, Victim of Ransomware Attack (lien direct) | Data from twenty enterprise customers of the French telecommunications company, Orange, have been exposed following a ransomware attack on the 15th of July. The operators behind this Nefilim ransomware supposedly breached the company through their “Orange Business Solutions” division. This division offers business remote support, virtual workstations, system security as well as cloud backups. Source: […] | Ransomware | ||
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2020-07-10 08:26:47 | Conti Ransomware Possesses Similar Characteristics as Ryuk (lien direct) | First spotted towards the end of December 2019, the Conti ransomware has since increased its number of attacks. It appears that this new ransomware shares certain code as Ryuk. The latter has also begun to disappear, whilst Conti’s distribution is growing. Indeed, it is becoming a considerable threat as it works faster and performs more […] | Ransomware Threat | ||
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2020-07-07 11:05:03 | Subsidiary of DXC Technology Suffers Ransomware Attack (lien direct) | Xchanging, a managed service provider for those in the insurance industry, has recently informed its investors of a ransomware attack on some of its systems. The incident was initially reported on the 5th of July but representatives of the company claimed that the ransomware did not spread outside of the Xchanging network. Moreover, investigations appear […] | Ransomware |
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