Tenx Systems
April 9, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, technology ]
Tenx Systems reveals to have been hit by a ransomware attack discovered on April 9.
Hoya Corporation
April 6, 2019
•[ hack, malware, manufacturing ]
Japanese eyeglass lens maker Hoya Corp. reports it was hit by a cyberattack at its key production base in Thailand in late February. Attackers started to mine cryptocurrency and led to a partial shutdown of its factory lines for three days.
AeroGrow International
April 5, 2019
•[ financial, malware, manufacturing ]
AeroGrow says in a letter to customers that its website had credit card scraping malware for more than four months. Anyone who bought something through its website between October 29, 2018 and March 4, 2019 could have been affected.
Bayer
April 4, 2019
•[ espionage, malware, manufacturing ]
Bayer reveals to have contained a cyber attack carried out by the Wicked Panda Group via the WINNTI malware.
Sylvan Union School District
April 4, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Sylvan Union School District is hit by an apparent ransomware attack whose remediation costs exceed $1 million.
Arizona Beverages
April 2, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware ]
Arizona Beverages, one of the largest beverage suppliers in the U.S., is hit by a ransomware attack.
Genesee County
April 2, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Genesee County is hit with a ransomware attack and the county has been working non-stop to get their systems back online.
Raymond Houndjo
April 1, 2019
•[ espionage, 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 Raymond Houndjo, a prominent member of the opposition party.
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.
