Ransomware Attack
Ransomware attack on Auburn Food Bank
Auburn Food Bank of Washington has admitted that it has become a victim of a ransomware attack recently bringing its entire computer network to halt. The authorities have confirmed that only one PC on the network was safe from being encrypted and so is being used for the digital charity activities for time being. Auburn […]
Google trending Cyber Attack news for the day
1.) In the first of the Cyber Attack news which is trending on Google, TalkTalk hacker who blackmailed the chief executive officer of the company Dido Harding has been jailed for 4 full years. Daniel Kelley, from South Wales, was a black hat hacker who failed in GCSE grades and wanted to achieve something thrilling […]
Ransomware attack on Baltimore City
A ransomware attack which took place on the Baltimore city servers has made the mayor announce an immediate shut of IT services as an emergency. However, essential services like police, fire, EMS and 311 were brought back to life after an interim shutdown of 45 minutes on Tuesday. Baltimore city Mayor Bernard C Jack Young […]
Ransomware attack on Telangana and Andhra Pradesh power utilities
1.) A ransomware attack on the websites of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh power utilities is said to have forced the related officials to pull their respective websites offline. The restoration of the data is going on full swing and most of the systems might get restored by the day end of Friday. News is out […]
Ransomware attack disrupts Sunday Newspaper edition of The Watertown Daily Times
A ransomware attack which took place on The Watertown Daily Times is said to have encrypted the database of the media company on a partial note. Highly placed sources say that the malware attack led to the disruption of the Sunday and Monday edition of printing and distribution of the daily edition, but did not […]
Ransomware attack disrupts The Weather Channel for 90 minutes
The Weather Channel, a pay television channel of America and a business unit of Entertainment Studios was hit by a ransomware attack yesterday which led to 90-minute downtime of live broadcasting in early hours of today. Later the anchors returned to the show and informed viewers that a malware attack on its database caused the […]
Ransomware attack on US Cybersecurity firm Verint
New York-based cybersecurity firm Verint Systems has made it official that some of its IT infrastructure were down due to an impact from a ransomware attack. What’s intriguing in this story is that the same firm alerts around 180 multinational companies about possible cyber attacks on their infrastructure on a yearly note. Cybersecurity Insiders has […]
Ransomware news of the day
1.) Computers in the city of Greenville are said to be still reigning under the cyber attack which took place last Wednesday. And Greenville city’s spokesperson Brock Letchworth said that the IT staff are now not in a position to assure a timeline for the recovery of servers. FBI personnel have been pressed into service […]
Ransomware attack on Stratford City Hall
While the world is mourning over the fire accident which gutted the renowned Paris monument Notre Dame to ashes, the news is out that hackers targeted the Stratford City hall with a ransomware attack on Sunday last week. Dan Mathieson, the Stratford City Mayor confirmed that the cyber crooks have attacked the database of the […]
Penalty of $10K per day for Robinhood Ransomware victims
All these days we have seen ransomware hitting servers and encrypting data on those computing devices and network until a ransom is paid to hackers in cryptocurrency which is usually in Bitcoins or Monero. But now a new variant of malware is reported to be exhibiting a unique feature where the hackers spreading “Robinhood Ransomware” […]
