November 30, 2022

Cyber attack disrupts Keralty’s healthcare operations

On Sunday 26th of November 2022, a Colombian healthcare provider, Keralty multinational healthcare organization suffered a RansomHouse ransomware attack that resulted in a disruption to the websites and operations of the company and its subsidiaries. They also confirmed that they have been working to provide continuity of care to their members by implementing the necessary contingency plans to maintain the […]
November 28, 2022

Disruption to Intrado telecom provider claimed by Royal ransomware gang

On Tuesday 27th of December 2022, the Royal Ransomware gang claimed responsibility for a cyber attack against telecommunications company Intrado. At this current time, Intrado is yet to share any information regarding this incident. However, it is believed that the attack started on Thursday 1st of December 2022. The date of the initial breach coincides with a widespread outage that […]
November 26, 2022

Ragnar Locker ransomware gang claims to target Belgian municipality, hits police instead

On Wednesday 16th of November 2022, the Ragnar Locker ransomware gang released a posting on their TOR data leak site where they claimed to have stolen data from the municipality of Zwijndrecht. However, it was discovered that the stolen data was from Zwijndrecht police, a local police unit in Antwerp, Belgium. The leaked data reportedly exposed thousands of car number plates, […]
November 25, 2022

Cyber attack against Cincinnati State college claimed by Vice Society ransomware gang

Earlier this month, Cincinnati State college informed its 10,000 students and 1,000 staff members that they suffered a cyber attack where they warned that online services and restoration to regular operations will take time. The Vice Society ransomware operation has claimed responsibility for the cyberattack on Cincinnati State Technical and Community College. The threat actors have since posted an extensive […]
November 11, 2022

Black Basta ransomware gang believed to be responsible for a cyber attack against Sobeys

On Monday 7th of November 2022, Empire, the parent company of the Canadian food retail giant Sobeys revealed that Sobeys experienced a cyber attack which has impacted Sobeys’s IT systems. Sobeys has stated that it is working on resolving the issues affecting its IT systems to reduce store disruption.  “The Company’s grocery stores remain open to serve customers and are […]
November 3, 2022

Automotive giant, Continental hit by LockBit ransomware attack

On Wednesday 2nd of November 2022, the LockBit ransomware gang claimed responsibility for a cyberattack against the German multinational automotive group Continental in a data leak site where they threaten to publish some allegedly stolen data on their data leak site if the company doesn’t give in to their demands by Friday 4th of November 2022 at 15:45 UTC. Based […]
October 26, 2022

Medibank confirm that a ransomware group accessed all its customers’ personal data

On Wednesday 12th of October 2022, one of Australia’s largest private health insurance providers, Medibank Private Limited identified unusual activity which was discovered to be a precursor to a ransomware attack. In response, Medibank immediately took down parts of its IT systems to contain the threat and therefore disrupted its online services. “Our ongoing investigation has found the unusual activity […]
October 17, 2022

German newspaper stops circulation after a ransomware attack

On Friday 14th of October 2022, the german newspaper ‘Heilbronn Stimme’ experienced a ransomware attack that crippled its printing systems as well as phone and email services. On Saturday, the newspaper released an “emergency” six-page edition while all planned obituaries were posted on the website and today, they published a 28-page issue in an e-paper format. The Editor-in-chief Uwe Ralf […]
October 14, 2022

Dutch National Police trick DeadBolt ransomware out of 155 decryption keys

On Friday 14th of October 2022, the Dutch National Police, in collaboration with cybersecurity firm Responders.NU released a statement that revealed the collaboration was able to trick the DeadBolt ransomware group into handing over 155 decryption keys by faking ransom payments. “The police paid, received the decryption keys, and then withdrew the payments. These keys allow files such as treasured […]