In 2015, the cyber security officials over at Pentagon reported that a spear phishing attack onto the Pentagon’s unclassified Joint Staff emailing system, compromised the email credentials of over 4,000 military and civilian personnel. Read more here…
North Korean hackers likely used fake Apple ID emails sent to IT administrators at Sony Pictures Entertainment to steal passwords and logins and gain control of the company’s computer network, according to new research. Read more here…
Kaspersky Lab recorded one ransomware attack every 40 seconds against companies in September. Read more here…
In February of this year, Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles learned that the hospital was the victim of a ransomware attack that encrypted files on multiple computers. After several days of staff resorting to pen and paper for record keeping, the hospital paid the $17,000 ransom (40 bitcoins) that the attackers demanded. Read […]
A nursing home has been fined for a data breach after a computer containing sensitive details about staff and patients was stolen. Read more here…
American businesses are being hit by ransomware at an unprecedented rate — and execs are far more likely to be targeted. Read the story here…
21st Century Oncology revealed in a statement on their website that 2.2 million patients may have had personal information stolen when the company’s system was breached in October 2015. Read more here…
Last year Ubiquiti revealed in an SEC Form 8-K filing that an incident involving “employee impersonation and fraudulent requests from an outside entity targeting the Company’s finance department … resulted in transfers of funds aggregating $46.7 million held by a Company subsidiary incorporated in Hong Kong to other overseas accounts held by third parties.”
At least 1,025 Wendy’s locations were hit by a malware-driven credit card breach that began in the fall of 2015. Read more here…
South Carolina’s Horry County School district paid a $10,000 ransom in bitcoins to get their data back. CNN’s Drew Griffin reports on the rising trend of ransomware attacks.
