Westminster Ingleside King Farm Presbyterian Retirement Communities
January 19, 2018
•[ hack, malware, education ]
Westminster Ingleside King Farm Presbyterian Retirement Communities notifies 5,228 Residents of a malware attack that occurred on November 21, 2017.
Allscripts
January 18, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
A ransomware attack takes down some of the applications used by Allscripts.
Children's Aid Society of Oxford County
January 18, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Two Ontario children's aid societies (Children's Aid Society of Oxford County and Family and Children's Services of Lanark, Leeds and Grenville) are hit by ransomware.
OnePlus
January 15, 2018
•[ hack, malware, manufacturing ]
Chinese smartphone manufacturer OnePlus launches an investigation after a number of customers who used its website to purchase products complain of attempted fraud. Few days after (January 19) the company confirms to have been hacked via a malicious script.
Hancock Regional Hospital
January 12, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
The Hancock Regional Hospital, in the state of Indiana, confirms to be running on pen and paper following a SAMSAM ransomware attack, which hit the day prior. The hospital eventually pays up hackers $55,000 to restore control.
United States Olympic Committee
January 10, 2018
•[ espionage, malware, government ]
APT28 AKA Pawn Storm AKA Fancy Bear publish a set of apparently stolen emails purportedly belong to officials from the International Olympic Committee, the United States Olympic Committee, and third-party groups associated with the organizations.
Beautyblender
January 5, 2018
•[ hack, malware, retail ]
Beautyblender notifies 3,673 individuals that their information might have been compromised after the discovery of a malware on its online shop.
City of Belle Fourche
January 4, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The city of Belle Fourche is hit by a ransomware attack.
City of Farmington
January 3, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
The city of Farmington is hit by a variant of the SamSam ransomware.
Medhost
December 19, 2017
•[ hack, malware, healthcare ]
The website of medhost.com is redirected to a page where the attackers post a message claiming to have stolen personal information from the servers. However they do not provide any evidence of the data.
Stanislaus County's Mental Health Department
December 15, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
500 computers from Stanislaus County's Mental Health Department are quarantined after ransomware is detected in the network.
Transneft
December 15, 2017
•[ hack, malware ]
Transneft reveals that its computers have been used for the unauthorized manufacture, or "mining", of the cryptocurrency Monero.
Proctor School District
December 14, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Proctor school district is hit by ransomware.
Jerome School District
December 11, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Jerome School District falls victim to ransomware.
National Capital Poison Center
December 11, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
National Capital Poison Center reports a ransomware incident.
Village of Nashotah
December 7, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Village of Nashotah pays an unidentified hacker a $2,000 ransom to decrypt its computer system after a hack in late November.
Oromia Media Network
December 6, 2017
•[ espionage, malware, technology ]
A threat actor targeted Ethiopian dissidents for the purpose of espionage, using commercially available spyware sold by Cyberbit, an Israel-based company. Most notably, the actor targeted the Oromia Media Network and some individuals associated with it.
Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine Minneapolis
December 5, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine Minneapolis warns customers that, in the wake of a ransomware attack that occurred in October 2017, an unauthorized third-party may have breached the clinic's computer security and viewed or accessed patient information that was on the server.
Mecklenburg County
December 4, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Mecklenburg County, which includes the city of Charlotte and surrounding areas, is hit with ransomware and struggles to get its systems back online ever since. In the meantime, county officials are forced to revert to paper systems.
