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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
City of Spring Hill
November 8, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
The City of Spring Hill, Tennessee is hit by a ransomware attack. The attackers demand a $250,000 ransom.
Golden Optometric
November 6, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Goldon Optometric informs some patients whose information was affected by a CrySiS ransomware attack.
Family and Children's Services of Lanark, Leeds and Grenville
November 1, 2017
•[ 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.
Basetools.ws
October 24, 2017
•[ ransomware, technology ]
A hacker dubbed Mat AKA @0xScripts breaches Basetools.ws, an underground forum and demands a $50K ransom to avoid sharing stolen data with law enforcement.
FirstHealth
October 20, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
The network of FirstHealth is hit by WannaCry and forced to suspend operations.
R6DB
September 30, 2017
•[ ransomware, hack ]
R6DB, a fan-powered online gaming service that provides statistics for players of Ubisoft's tactical FPS Rainbow Six Siege, is hit by hackers, who wipe its databases and hold the data for ransom.
Arkansas Oral & Facial Surgery Center
September 27, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Arkansas Oral & Facial Surgery Center disclose a ransomware incident that may or may not have resulted in access to protected health information of as many as 128,000 patients.
Columbia Falls High School
September 21, 2017
•[ ransomware, education ]
The Dark Overlord sends a threatening ransom note to the Columbia Falls (Montana) school district forcing officials to shutter its schools to ensure the safety of the students.
Central German state of Saxony-Anhalt
August 31, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Internet and telephone networks at the regional parliament in the central German state of Saxony-Anhalt are offline after a ransomware attack.
Medical Oncology Hematology Consultants
August 31, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Medical Oncology Hematology Consultants, reports a ransomware attack that affected 19,203 patients.
NHS Lanarkshire
August 29, 2017
•[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
NHS services in Lanarkshire (Scotland) are hit by a new ransomware campaign. The culprit is identified as a new variant of Bitpaymer ransomware.