Royal Military College of Canada
July 3, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Kingston's Royal Military College is one of four military training schools in Canada targeted in a ransomware attack. The attack also affected RMC Saint-Jean in Quebec, the Canadian Forces College in Toronto, and the Chief Warrant Officer Robert Osside Institute.
CNY Works
July 2, 2020
•[ ransomware, social ]
The names and Social Security numbers of 56,000 people who used CNY Works employment services are exposed in a ransomware incident that was discovered in December 2019.
Trinity Metro
July 1, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The cybercriminals behind NetWalker publish online evidence of an attack on Trinity Metro, a transit agency that operates bus and commuter rail transportation services in Fort Worth and its nearby Tarrant County suburbs.
City of Duncannon
June 29, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Duncannon reveals to have been hit with a ransomware attack in April, which left many municipal computer systems inoperable and caused the borough to pay out more than $40,000 to the hackers to restore systems.
New Mexico State University Foundation
June 29, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
New Mexico State University Foundation is another victim of the Blackbaud hack.
Benefit Recovery Specialists
June 26, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, finance ]
A Texas Medicaid subcontractor has been terminated after a data-privacy breach caused by a ransomware attack from Russia last year exposed the personal information of tens of thousands of low-income residents.
LG Electronics
June 25, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, manufacturing ]
Maze ransomware operators claim on their website that they breached and locked the network of the South Korean multinational LG Electronics.
Xerox Corporation
June 25, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, manufacturing ]
Maze ransomware operators update their list of victims adding Xerox Corporation.
Android users in Canada
June 24, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Researchers from ESET discover a malicious Android app in disguise of Canada's official COVID-19 tracing app, but hiding the CryCryptor ransomware.
Tallapoosa County Probate Office
June 20, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Tallapoosa County Probate Office is hit with a ransomware attack.
Crozer-Keystone Health System
June 19, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Crozer-Keystone Health System suffers a ransomware attack by the NetWalker ransomware gang. The gang auctions the stolen data through its darknet website.
Light S.A.
June 17, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, energy ]
Sodinokibi ransomware (aka REvil) operators breach the Brazilian-based electrical energy company Light S.A. and demand a $14 million worth ransom.
MaxLinear
June 15, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, technology ]
U.S. system-on-chip (SOC) maker company MaxLinear discloses that some of its computing systems were encrypted by Maze Ransomware operators. The attack was discovered on May 24.
Geox
June 15, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, manufacturing ]
Geox, the Italian shoe maker is hit with a ransomware attack.
Sapiens International
June 14, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, technology ]
Israeli software company Sapiens International falls victim to a ransomware attack, paying $250,000 in Bitcoin to hackers.
Threadstone Advisors LLP
June 14, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, finance ]
The Maze ransomware gang hits Threadstone Advisors LLP, a US corporate advisory firm specializing in M&A.
Rangely District Hospital (RDH)
June 13, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Rangely District Hospital (RDH) reveals to have been hit by a ransomware attack in April 2020.
Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc.
June 12, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, technology ]
Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. reveals that it suffered a ransomware attack on April 11, 2020.
puebla
June 12, 2020
•[ hack, ransomware, leak ]
A Russian hacker named m1x breaches a Mexican government web portal (puebla.gob.mx) and three days later once the government refused to pay a ransom, publicly-releases some 14,000 Mexican taxpayer ID numbers.
Pivot Technology Solutions
June 12, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, technology ]
Canadian managed service Pivot Technology Solutions was the victim of a ransomware attack in June. The attack did not encrypt its systems, but did lead to the loss of some data.
