Here you will find all the articles with the tag: ransomware.
The cyberattack impacted the UK postal system's ability to send mail internationally. The UK government has announced that the Royal Mail has suffered a ransomware attack by criminal group LockBit, according to a report by the BBC. The attack has disabled the Royal Mail's computer systems used t... Read more
1 year ago
The Christmas Day attack did not compromise operations, the Port Authority said. Portugal’s third largest port suffered an attack by the LockBit ransomware gang over Christmas, according to a report in BleepingComputer. The Port of Lisbon is part of the critical infrastructure in Portugal's ca... Read more
1 year ago
Ransomware group LockBit expressed regret over a cyberattack on a children's hospital in Canada. A free decryptor was released alongside the statement. In late December 2022, the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada was attacked by an affiliate of ransomware group LockBit. The incident ... Read more
1 year ago
The UK-based newspaper is fighting an IT incident. "We believe this to be a ransomware attack but are continuing to consider all possibilities", editor-in-chief Katharine Viner said. The Guardian regularly covers cyberincidents. This time, the newspaper reports on itself. An editor revealed th... Read more
1 year ago
The internal secondment agency of Leiden University has been hit by ransomware. The Dutch university reported the attack to the national data protection authority. An internal statement for employees reveals that the salary processing system of Job Motion, an internal university secondment agen... Read more
1 year ago
Cybercriminals increasingly encrypt attack traffic. A research report from Zscaler suggests that more than 85 percent of all cyberattacks were partially or fully encrypted from October 2021 through September 2022, up 20 percent year-over-year. Encrypted attack traffic slows detection and analy... Read more
1 year ago
Ransomware group Play claims to hold 557GB of data from the city of Antwerp. The local government fell victim to a ransomware attack last week. Play listed the city of Antwerp on its darkweb page on Sunday. The ransomware group uses the page to publicize victims. Play claims to hold 557GB of cit... Read more
1 year ago
Rackspace announced that the recent Hosted Exchange outage was due to a ransomware attack. The service is still offline. An external party is investigating the impact. Rackspace issued a statement to confirm the cause of the outage. According to Rackspace, the ransomware attack's damage is limit... Read more
1 year ago
Cybercriminals infected the city's IT systems with ransomware. Residents are unable to make appointments for public affairs. Antwerp's police and museums are partially offline. The attack took place on the night of December 5-6. A city spokesperson told De Standaard that ransomware was found on... Read more
1 year ago
The André-Mignot Hospital in Versailles fell victim to a cyberattack. As a precaution, several IT systems were taken offline. Six patients have been transferred to nearby locations. The attack took place on Saturday evening, according to news channel Franceinfo. Health Minister François Braun... Read more
1 year ago
