Swedbank
November 6, 2015
•[ ransomware, ddos, finance ]
Swedbank is taken down by a DDoS attack. A hacker called CocaineSecurity claims to have received a ransom.
ProtonMail
November 5, 2015
•[ ransomware, ddos, technology ]
A collective called Armada Collective takes down Protonmail, a Swiss provider of end-to-end encrypted email. The company pays a ransom of 15 BTC (6000 USD) but is taken down again after paying.
VFEmail
November 4, 2015
•[ ransomware, ddos, technology ]
VFEmail is taken down by a DDoS attack. The attackers demand a ransom of 5 BTC (1700 USD).
New Jersey Online Casinos
July 6, 2015
•[ ransomware, ddos, technology ]
A hacker shuts down four New Jersey Internet gambling sites and threatens more cyberattacks over unless a ransom in BTC is paid.
City of Moore, Oklahoma
March 15, 2015
•[ ransomware, malware, government ]
Bitcoin Baron claims to have hacked the City of Moore in Oklahoma (www.cityofmoore.com) and demands a ransom of 100 bitcoins to protect the private data acquired.
Banque Catonale de Geneve
January 9, 2015
•[ hack, leak, ransomware ]
The infamous Hacking Group Rex Mundi is active also in the new year, and after blackmailing Banque Cantonale de Geneve (BCGE), dumps details of about 30,000 bank's customers, after the bank rejects the request to pay a ransom of EUR10,000 ($12,000).
ABC News 24
October 7, 2014
•[ ransomware, malware ]
The ABC News 24 programming is suspended for about half an hour, from 9:30am to 10:00am, by a ransomware attack (Cryptolocker).
Domino's Pizza
June 13, 2014
•[ ransomware, hack, retail ]
Rex Mundi claim to have managed to breach the systems of Domino's Pizza in Belgium and France and obtained access to more than 592,000 records belonging to French customers and over 58,000 records belonging to Belgians. They ask for a ransom in exchange.
Basecamp
March 24, 2014
•[ ransomware, ddos, technology ]
After refusing to pay a ransom, Basecamp is the victim of a DDoS attack.
