Eye Care Associates Inc.
August 14, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Eye Care Associates Inc., is the victim of a ransomware attack. The attack occurred approximately two weeks before.
City of New Bedford
September 4, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
A ransomware gang tried to extract a ransom of $5.3 million from the city of New Bedford, but the city chose to restore from backups after hackers rejected a counter-offer of $400,000. The incident, due to the Ryuk ransomware, happened in early July.
Russell Stover Chocolates
August 30, 2019
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
Russell Stover Chocolates reveals that a malware infection to its POS systems compromised customer's data between February 9, 2019 and August 7, 2019.
Lake County
August 24, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
A ransomware attack forces emergency shutdown of Lake County government servers.
Fortnite
August 22, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, technology ]
Researchers from Cyren discover Syrk, a ransomware, in disguise of an aimbot cheat tool, targeting Fortnite players.
Hospice of San Joaquin
August 21, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
The Hospice of San Joaquin notifies the California Attorney General's Office that it had suffered a ransomware attack on July 2.
PokerTracker
August 20, 2019
•[ hack, malware, technology ]
The PokerTracker website is compromised and loaded with a Magecart script.
Office of the First Deputy Prime Minister of Bahrain
August 7, 2019
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
A threat actor broke into the systems of Bahrain's National Security Agency, Ministry of Interior, and office of the first deputy prime minister. On July 25, 2019, Bahraini authorities detected intrusions into its electric and water authority that shut down several systems. The attacks were similar to two hacks in 2012, in which the Shamoon virus was used to knock Qatar's natural gas firm RasGas offline and wipe data from the hard drives at Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia's national oil company. Iran is believed to be behind the attacks.
National Baseball Hall of Fame
August 7, 2019
•[ financial, hack, malware ]
The website for the National Baseball Hall of Fame is hacked to include a MageCart script that stole the payment information of customers who purchased items on the site. The infection occurred between November 15, 2018 and May 14, 2019.
Camp Verde Unified School District
August 5, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Camp Verde Unified School District reveals to have been hit by a ransomware attack.
Gadsden Independent School District
July 31, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Gadsden Independent School District is hit by a ransomware attack.
Tangipahoa Parish School District
July 30, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Tangipahoa Parish School District is hit by a ransomware attack.
Georgia State Patrol
July 26, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
A ransomware attack hits the Georgia State Patrol.
Park DuValle Community Health Center
July 25, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Park DuValle Community Health Center is hit by a ransomware attack and pays hackers nearly $70,000 in hopes of unlocking the medical records of some 20,000 patients.
City Power
July 25, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, energy ]
City Power, a major electricity supplier in South Africa's largest city has suffered a ransomware attack, leaving some residents without power. More than a quarter of a million people might have been affected.
