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It should surprise no cybersecurity professional that the U.S. Congress has failed to pass legislation that would have required organizations in critical sectors like energy and transportation to alert the government when they were hit with online incidents. In a …
2021 has been the year that ransomware exploded, with the healthcare facilities and schools baring the brunt of attacks, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise to learn that the Oregon Anesthesiology Group confirmed this week that it was the …
A Canadian man is facing charges in both Canada and the U.S. after being accused of conducting a series of ransomware attacks. Ontario Provisional Police announced earlier this week that Matthew Philbert had been linked to cyberattacks against individuals, business …
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles fell victim to a cyberattack in October, according information released earlier this week. The reproductive healthcare provider said its Los Angeles branch was infected with malware, compromising up to 400,000 patients’ data. Following an internal investigation, …
The stock-trading app Robinhood Markets has been hit by cyberattack compromising the names and email addresses of 7 million users. In a statement issued earlier this week, the organization confirmed that a fraudster had breached its systems in a phishing …
The London-based diamond specialist Graff was hit by a ransomware attack this week, which compromised thousands of people’s personal data. As many as 69,000 documents have already been leaked on the dark web, but this represents a fraction of the …
The cyber crime group that launched last year’s SolarWinds attack are back in action, Microsoft has warned. Nobellium, which broke into the Texas-based technology firm, was able to spy on the cybersecurity firm FireEye as well as US Government departments, …
Government employees at the City of Yonkers were denied access to their computers last week, after cyber criminals launched a ransomware attack. The city said that it refused to pay the ransom and would restore as much data as possible …
Howard University was forced to cancel classes this week after its network was infected with ransomware. The Washington D.C.-based college said that its IT team detected “unusual activity” on its systems on Friday, and shut down to investigate the situation. …
Last month, the Biden administration announced further plans to protect organizations from the growing threat of ransomware, and to punish the criminals responsible for such attacks. The new initiatives includes a State Department program that offers rewards of up to …
