Elliott Ohin
April 1, 2019
•[ hack, malware, government ]
Hackers used spyware, developed by Israeli technology firm NSO Group, that exploited a vulnerability in the messaging app WhatsApp to inject spyware onto the phones of opposition politicians and prominent religious leaders in Togo. The hack coincided with pro-reform protests in the country. Among the victims is Elliott Ohin who has served in several cabinet roles.
City of Albany
March 31, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The City of Albany, the capital of the U.S. state of New York, is hit by a ransomware attack, with city officials working over the weekend to respond to the incident.
Vastaamo
March 31, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
In October 2020, the Finnish psychotherapy service Vastaamo was the subject of a ransomware attack targeting first the company itself, followed by their patients directly. The original security incident dates back to a period between late 2018 and early 2019 and exposed data including 30k unique email addresses, names, social security numbers and notes on individuals' psychotherapy sessions. This breach has been flagged as "sensitive" and is only searchable by owners of the email addresses and domains exposed in the incident.
Brookside ENT and Hearing Center
March 29, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Brookside ENT and Hearing Center is hit by a ransomware attack.
Southern Hills Eye Care
March 29, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Southern Hills Eye Care notifies patients of a ransomware attack occurred in January 2019.
ASUS
March 25, 2019
•[ hack, malware, manufacturing ]
Researchers at Kaspersky Lab reveal the details of Operation #ShadowHammer: ASUS, one of the world's largest computer makers, was used to install a malicious backdoor on thousands of its customers' computers between June and November 2018.
Taos Municipal Schools District
March 21, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Taos Municipal Schools District struggles to recover from a ransomware attack occurred three weeks ago.
U.K.'s Police Federation
March 21, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The U.K.'s Police Federation is hit by a ransomware attack.
Amerisleep
March 20, 2019
•[ financial, malware, retail ]
Also Amerisleep was affected by MageCart attacks starting in April 2017.
Lynn Public Schools
March 20, 2019
•[ hack, malware, education ]
Lynn Public Schools shut down internet after a computer virus.
MyPillow
March 20, 2019
•[ hack, malware, retail ]
Researchers from RiskIQ reveal that MyPillow.com has had numerous MageCart attackers present on their site between October 2018 and November 2018.
Norsk Hydro
March 19, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, manufacturing ]
One of the largest aluminum producers in the world, Norsk Hydro, is forced to switch to partial manual operations after suffering a cyber attack allegedly pushing LockerGoga ransomware.
Orange County
March 18, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Orange County is knocked offline by a ransomware attack.
Haylands Primary School
March 18, 2019
•[ hack, malware, education ]
Haylands Primary School in Ryde become aware of a malware virus affecting their IT systems. Upon investigation they realize there had been unauthorised log-ins to the school server.
Fort Collins Loveland Water District
March 14, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, energy ]
Fort Collins Loveland Water District and South Fort Collins Sanitation District are the victim of a ransomware attack occurred on February 11.
Unknown Organization
March 14, 2019
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
A Pakistani government site used as a tracking platform for passport applications is compromised to deliver a ScanBox framework payload which captures the visitors' machine information and logs their keystrokes.
Ballard Northwest Senior Center
March 14, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
The Ballard Northwest Senior Center has its server wiped just by a ransomware attack, just weeks before their biggest fundraiser of the year.
Delaware Guidance Services for Children and Youth (DGS)
March 13, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Delaware Guidance Services for Children and Youth (DGS) is forced to pay a ransom to recover files that had been encrypted in a Christmas Day ransomware attack.
Direct Scripts
March 13, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Direct Scripts suffers a ransomware attack on January 30, 2019 which resulted in the encryption of files containing patients' protected health information.
Sir John Colfox Academy
March 13, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Sir John Colfox Academy is the victim of a ransomware attack that encrypts some files, causing to lose some students' GCSE coursework.
