Scores of US credit unions offline after ransomware infects backend cloud firm Trellance
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Ransomware attack on Ardent Health Services causes outages in multiple hospitals and states
Ardent Health Services owns and operates 30 hospitals and health systems with 200+ sites of care with more than 1,400 aligned providers in six states. Earlier today, they posted a security incident notice on their site: Ardent Health Services and its affiliated entities (“Ardent”) became aware of an information technology cybersecurity incident on the morning of […]
BlackCat claims it is behind Fidelity National Financial ransomware shakedown
Americans who hoped to close on home sales this week may have had their hopes dashed by an attack on Fidelity National Financial. The Register reports: Fortune 500 insurance biz Fidelity National Financial (FNF) has confirmed that it has fallen victim to a “cybersecurity incident.” The announcement came in the form of an 8-K filing […]
Sophos: Ransomware is crippling retail organizations
Seen on Back End News: Retail organizations faced a growing threat from ransomware attacks, with fewer managing to stop the encryption of their data. Sophos, a cybersecurity leader, revealed that only a quarter of retailers prevented data encryption during attacks in the last year, marking a decline from previous years. This trend indicated a struggle […]
And Then There Were Three: Two More Financial Firms Attacked by LockBit3.0
Bloomberg reports: The criminal ransomware gang behind the recent attack on the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. has claimed responsibility for two more hacks on US financial firms. The Lockbit gang added the Chicago Trading Company and Alphadyne Asset Management this week to a list of victims on its darkweb page. The gang has given them deadlines to make […]
A ransomware gang files an SEC complaint against its victim for not reporting the breach to the SEC within 4 days
“They did WHAT??” Ransomware gangs will often test ways to pressure victims to pay. But today, threat actors associated with the AlphV (BlackCat) group tested a new approach that is raising eyebrows in the cybersecurity community. When a victim, MeridianLink, didn’t pay them quickly and didn’t even start to negotiate any payment with them, AlphV […]
FBI: Royal ransomware asked 350 victims to pay $275 million
Bleeping Computer reports: The FBI and CISA revealed in a joint advisory that the Royal ransomware gang has breached the networks of at least 350 organizations worldwide since September 2022. In an update to the original advisory published in March with additional information discovered during FBI investigations, the two agencies also noted that the ransomware […]
LockBit ransomware leaks gigabytes of Boeing data
Bleeping Computer reports: LockBit ransomware has leaked more than 43GB of files from Boeing after the company refused to pay a ransom. Most of the data listed on the hacker group’s leak site are backups for various systems, the most recent of them with an October 22 timestamp. The ransomware actor posted Boeing on their […]
Hacking Gang Behind Attack on Largest Global Lender Says It Got Ransom Payment
Bloomberg reports: The hacking group behind a recent ransomware attack on the largest global lender, Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., said it received a ransom payment. A representative for the group, called LockBit, confirmed the payment on Monday but declined to provide further details. Bloomberg News wasn’t able to verify the gang’s claim, and […]
Ransomware attack on Ohio city impacts multiple services
The Record reports: A ransomware attack on Huber Heights, Ohio, is causing significant problems for several city systems. The community of nearly 45,000 residents outside of Dayton released a notice on Sunday warning that its systems were hit with ransomware at around 8 a.m. “While public safety services are not impacted the following city divisions […]