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The company operates numerous local TV stations.
There were 800 computers affected, and the cost to rebuild is estimated at about $191,000.
With computer systems already disrupted by Hurricane Ida, a cyber attack occurred.
Affected is the Howard University.
The attack on vulnerability in an Atlassian software leaked personal data of 30,000 former employees and students.
The attackers had access to certain customer data.
North East Independent School District (NEISD)
The small town of Peterborough in the northeast of the USA has about 6300 inhabitants. In July and August, it was defrauded of a total of $2.3 million. According to reports, mails with false identities were used to divert upcoming payments to the school district and two contractors to other accounts.
T-Mobile USA confirms a cyber incident.
Memorial Health System is a not-for-profit health system that operates three hospitals and several other facilities in the Marietta area. A cyberattack took place in the early morning hours of Aug. 15.
Data on approximately 350,000 patients may have been disclosed.
Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital (Eskenazi Health) is a hospital located in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The attack on eCapital was initially claimed by two ransomware gangs at once.
As part of an espionage operation, the Facebook platform was used to target individuals working in the military, defense and aerospace sectors, mainly in the US. Social engineering, phishing, identity theft, and malware were used.
Affected is the DuPage Medical Group (DMG). According to press reports, potentially 600,000 patients are affected by the data theft.
Ransomware encrypted the data, a ransom of millions was demanded.
A computer was attacked that was still running Windows 7. Data was not disclosed.
Data on nearly 750,000 Indiana citizens from Covid contact tracing was accessed.
Metro Infectious Disease Consultants reports that there was unauthorized access to an email account, and as a result there may have been access to the data of more than 171,000 patients.
The Rockwood School District's IT systems in Eureka, Missouri, have been the target of a hacking attack.
St. Joseph`s/Candler operates several hospitals and other facilities in the Savannah region, Georgia (USA). Unknown persons had access to the network since December 18, 2020, and launched a ransomware attack.
Criminals have stolen large amounts of source code for games from Eletronics Arts and are offering it on the Internet. The attackers boast about how easily they gained access via purchased Slack access tokens and simple social engineering.
It later turned out that the fire broke out due to a technical defect.
The University Medical Center of Southern Nevada (UMC) was the victim of a cyber attack, with personal data stolen.
The company paid a ransom of 11 million dollar.
Malware was found, some systems were shut down for 3 days.
Through a vulnerability in file transfer software.
Unknown persons had access to the systems for 10 days and crippled the entire system with the help of ransomware. At the end of July, operations are running at 50%.
Personal data of potentially 33,000 patients were affected.
The website was shut down and thus numerous services were no longer available.
5 hospitals are affected.
Documents were published on the darknet.
The unauthorized access began in 2016.
A ransom of $4.4 million was reportedly paid.
Data was siphoned off, which was later offered for sale on the Darknet.
After a hacker attack, the systems were taken off the Internet, making services unavailable.
An unauthorized bank transfer was detected and prevented. When the incident was analyzed, it was discovered that unknown persons had accessed the company's email accounts through phishing for over 1.5 months. Personal data of potentially 210,000 people was also exposed in the process.
SmileDirectClub, headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, has 4,000 employees and generated $657 million in revenue in 2020. In an initial assessment, the company expects to lose $10 million to $15 million in revenue due to the disruption in production as a result of the attack. Data and personal information were not leaked, and no ransom was paid.
Unauthorized access to cancer registry software in the cloud may have exposed the data of more than 200,000 U.S. patients.
Through a vulnerability in file transfer software.
Through a vulnerability in file transfer software.
Because no ransom was paid, the attackers published confidential documents on the Darknet.
After ransomware, the office computers were out of service for three days. The treatment plant was not affected. Data was not disclosed, nor was a ransom paid.
Apparently, however, without any major impact.
Through a vulnerability in file transfer software.
The cloud provider's cameras were located in factory floors, police stations and prisons.
Through a vulnerability in file transfer software.
It is reported that CNA Financial Corp. paid a ransom of $40 million.
The city of Kingman has a population of approximately 28,000. Only a few personal data were stolen as a result of the attack. By April, operations had been restored. The method of the intrusion could not be determined.
Personal data of passengers of various airlines were stolen, including 4.5 million records of India's Air India.
Through a vulnerability in file transfer software.
Through a vulnerability in file transfer software.
Sturdy Memorial Hospital was the victim of a ransomware attack and paid a ransom to keep the stolen data from being released.
Payments to legitimate vendors were diverted to other accounts. More than $120,000 was recovered.
Through a vulnerability in file transfer software.
Employee health data may have been stolen in the process
A vulnerability in Accellion file transfer software resulted in a data theft at Arkansas Health & Wellness.
Clearfield County is located in Pennsylvania, in the northeastern United States.
Dotty's operates approximately 120 locations in Nevada.
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