Chester County School District
January 29, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Chester County School District posts on its Facebook page that ransomware hit the district's servers over the weekend.
Davidson County
February 16, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Davidson County computers are hit by an unspecified ransomware.
Smith Dental
February 7, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Smith Dental notifies of a ransomware attack affecting 1,500 patients.
Coastal Cape Fear Eye Associates
February 1, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Coastal Cape Fear Eye Associates notifies HHS of a ransomware incident that impacted 925 patients.
Spartanburg Public Library
January 30, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Spartanburg Public Library system is shut down after it is hit with a ransomware attack.
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.
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.
Longs Peak Family Practice
December 27, 2017
•[ ransomware, hack, healthcare ]
Longs Peak Family Practice notifies patients following a ransomware and hacking incident that were first detected on November 5.
Proctor School District
December 14, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Proctor school district is hit by ransomware.
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.
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.
Allscripts
January 18, 2018
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
A ransomware attack takes down some of the applications used by Allscripts.
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.
Uber
November 21, 2017
•[ hack, ransomware, technology ]
Bloomberg reveals that hackers stole the personal data of 57 million customers and drivers from Uber, a massive breach that the company concealed for more than a year, after paying $100,000 to the attackers.
Sacramento Regional Transit system
November 19, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The Sacramento Regional Transit system is hit by destructive ransomware, and the attackers threaten to do more damages if the SacRT doesn't pay them the equivalent of $8,000 in bitcoins.
Mad River Township Fire and EMS station
December 4, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Mad River Township Fire and EMS station has all its data encrypted by ransomware.
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.
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.
J. Sterling Morton school district
November 15, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
An in-development home made ransomware named J. Sterling Ransomware is discovered. This ransomware strain targets the high school students of the J. Sterling Morton school district in Cicero, Illinois by pretending to be a student survey.
