https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/23/cloudnordic-azero-cloud-host-ransomware/
In a notice on its website translated from Danish, CloudNordic said: “The attackers succeeded in encrypting all servers’ disks, as well as on the primary and secondary backup system, whereby all machines crashed and we lost access to all data.”
Hackers who broke into the Minneapolis Public Schools earlier this year have circulated an enormous cache of files that appear to include highly sensitive documents on schoolchildren and teachers, including allegations of teacher abuse and students’ psychological reports.
Two-thirds of respondents in the Ponemon study who had experienced ransomware attacks said they disrupted patient care, and 59% of them found they increased the length of patients’ stays, straining resources. Almost one-quarter said they led to increased mortality rates at their facilities.
Conti published most of the 672 GB dump that appears to contain data belonging to the Costa Rican government agencies.
Systemleverandøren Axiell vart denne veka hacka, som har lamma tenestene til mange lokalbibliotek.
Kring halvparten av alle bibliotek i Noreg er råka av hackinga. Dei store bybiblioteka har eigne system, og er ikkje råka.
Hackarane har bedt om løysepengar, men det er uvisst kva sum det er snakk om. Hillestad har ikkje gått i dialog med hackarane.
– Det er ikkje eit alternativ å betala ut løysepengar for å få tilgang til eigne data. Me samarbeider ikkje med kriminelle på nokon som helst måte.
Dei jobbar no med å få på plass ei backup-løysing, som skal vera klar til bruk frå neste veke av.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57050690
The US government issued emergency legislation on Sunday after the largest fuel pipeline in the US was hit by a ransomware cyber-attack.
The Colonial Pipeline carries 2.5 million barrels a day – 45% of the East Coast’s supply of diesel, gasoline and jet fuel.
It was completely knocked offline by a cyber-criminal gang on Friday and work to restore service is continuing.
The emergency status relaxes rules on fuel being transported by road.
https://nrkbeta.no/2021/03/09/microsoft-exchange-la-igjen-bakdor-hos-trondersk-kollektivselskap/
Norske virksomheter har den siste uken jobbet mot klokka med å installere en kritisk sikkerhetsoppdatering. De som ikke er raske nok kan bli ofre for spionasje og løsepengevirus.
Norsk sikkerhetsmyndighet (NSM) advarer om at en mye brukt Microsoft-løsning for e-post bør anses som «mulig kompromittert» om nødvendige sikkerhetsoppdateringer ikke ble gjort innen onsdag i forrige uke.Søndag kveld viste undersøkelser gjort av sikkerhetsselskapet Defendable at minst 269 Microsoft-servere i Norge fortsatt manglet disse oppdateringene.
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/ransomware-hospital-death-germany
German prosecutors tried to prove that a ransomware attack on a hospital was to blame for someone losing their life. Their story is a warning