Waverly Health Center
June 14, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Waverly Health Center is hit by ransomware, causing the medical facility to shut down their IT systems.
West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company
May 12, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, energy ]
A threat actor used a tool called WannaCry to encrypt data in compromised networks, and intended to provide the victims with the decryption key only after a ransom had been paid. The threat actors used an exploit, called EternalBlue--first discovered by the U.S. National Security Agency--to propagate WannaCry in organizations using the Windows operating system.
Netflix
April 28, 2017
•[ ransomware, misconfiguration, technology ]
TheDarkOverlord leaks upcoming episode of Orange is the New Black after Netflix doesn't pay extortion demand. The hack happened via a "production vendor".
City of Newark
April 25, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
A ransomware attack hits some municipal computers in New Jersey's most populous city, Newark.
Greenway Health
April 24, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Greenway Health is the victim of a ransomware attack.
Mountain Home Water Department
March 14, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The servers of Mountain Home Water Department fall victim to a ransomware attack.
Bingham County
February 17, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Hackers demand $25K-$30K after ransomware attack takes down Bingham County servers.
Inland Revenue Department
February 25, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Thousands of Inland Revenue files are locked up after New Zealand's tax department becomes the target of a Cryptolocker attack in November.
Atlantic Digestive Specialists
April 21, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Atlantic Digestive Specialists notify patients of a ransomware incident.
Pennsylvania Senate Democrats
March 3, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Pennsylvania Senate Democrats are hit by a ransomware attack that locks senators and employees out of their computer network.
Tiverton Town Council
February 3, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
John Vanderwolfe, a town clerk wipes council documents dating back to 2015 after mistakenly opening an email containing a ransomware malware.
Cockrell Hill Police
January 26, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Police in Cockrell Hill, Texas admits in a press release to have lost years worth of evidence after the department's server was infected with ransomware.
City of Troy
February 2, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The City of Troy computer system is the victim of a ransomware attack.
Linking County
January 31, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Linking County servers are targeted by a ransomware infection.
D.C. Police
January 27, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Ransomware infected 70 percent of storage devices that record data from D.C. police surveillance cameras eight days before President Trump's inauguration, forcing major citywide reinstallation efforts.
Racingpulse
January 21, 2017
•[ ransomware, hack, malware ]
A popular horse racing website (Racingpulse.in) is hacked with ransomware.
Kanawha County Schools
January 11, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Kanawha County Schools tells that their internal documents have been restored after a ransomware attack.
Unknown Organization
January 10, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
The Susan M. Hughes Center notifies of a ransomware incident affecting 11,400 patients.
St. Louis Public Library
January 20, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
St. Louis Public Library is hit by a ransomware attack. Attackers demand $35,000 worth in Bitcoin.
Little Red Door Cancer Services of East Central Indiana
January 11, 2017
•[ hack, ransomware, malware ]
The Dark Overlord hacks the computers of an Indiana-based cancer agency and asks for a large payment of 50 Bitcoin ($44,800) not to release the data. Initially the attack seemed to have been caused by ransomware.
