December 13, 2021

Ransomware attack against Ultimate Kronos Group might result in weeks of downtime for HR solutions

On Monday 13th of December 2021, Ultimate Kronos Group (UKG), one of the most popular and widely used payroll and workforce tracking systems for public finance entities disclosed that they suffered a ransomware attack on Saturday 11th of December 2021, that resulted in the Kronos Private Cloud being taken down and it may take several weeks before system will be available to […]
December 10, 2021

80,000 Australian government employees impacted by ransomware attack on Frontier Software

On Thursday 9th of December 2021, South Australian government disclosed that the sensitive personal information belonging to up to 80,000 Australian government employees have been compromised following a ransomware attack that targeted the systems of Frontier Software who are responsible for the South Australian government’s payroll software. “The ongoing forensic investigation and other response activities conducted by Frontier Software and CyberCX has now […]
December 10, 2021

Research and development information stolen from Volvo Cars during ransomware attack

On Friday 10th of December 2021, Volvo Cars, a Swedish carmaker disclosed that they discovered that threat actors have stolen research and development information from one of their file repositories. Volvo Cars have concluded that there is an expected impact on the company’s operations.   “Investigations so far confirm that a limited amount of the company’s R&D property has been stolen during […]
December 7, 2021

Nordic Choice Hotels IT systems impacted by Conti ransomware

On Monday 6th of December 2021, Nordic Choice Hotels have disclosed they had experienced a ransomware attack on Thursday 2nd of December 2021 which impacted the IT systems that handle reservations, payments, check-in, check-out and creation of new room keys. Because of the incident, the staff had to switch to manual procedures to carry out business operations. “Our investigations do not currently give […]
December 6, 2021

Hundreds of SPAR stores across northern England closed after ransomware attack

On Sunday 5th of December 2021, approximately 330 SPAR stores in northern England experienced a ransomware attack that has led to many of the stores having to close or switch to cash-only payments. The affected stores experienced a total IT outage which resulted in tills, credit card payment processing systems, and emails being impacted. Currently, it is unknown which ransomware gang is responsible […]
December 3, 2021

Ontario family support charity learns of ransomware incident after threat actors send emails targeting clients

On Thursday 2nd of December 2021, Social Enterprise for Canada (SEC), a Southern Ontario charity that offers family services announced they had learned they has been a target of a ransomware attack on Tuesday, 23rd of November 2021 which resulted in some of the servers supporting their email and IT systems being affected. They were alerted to the incident when it […]
December 3, 2021

FBI releases flash alert against the Cuba ransomware gang

On Thursday 2nd of December 2021, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a joint TLP:WHITE flash alert which revealed the Cuba ransomware gang have compromised at least 49 organizations in five critical infrastructure sectors, including the financial, government, healthcare, manufacturing, and information technology sectors. The FBI also revealed that the Cuba ransomware variant is commonly distributed through […]
December 1, 2021

Planned Parenthood LA reveals data breach of 400,000 patients after ransomware

On Tuesday 30th of November 2021, Planned Parenthood Los Angeles disclosed they had experienced a ransomware attack in October that has led to the exposure of the personal information of approximately 400,000 patients. In a letter sent to affected patients, Planned Parenthood said that the ransomware attack was conducted against their network between October 9th and October 17th. But Planned Parenthood discovered the […]
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