June 6, 2022

The municipality of Palermo suffers major disruptions due to a ransomware attack

On Friday 3rd of June, the municipality of Palermo in Southern Italy suffered a cyberattack which resulted in a wide range of operations and services used by both citizens and visiting tourists being impacted. The systems have remained offline for the past three days even though local IT experts have been trying to restore the systems. According to multiple local […]
June 2, 2022

Victim’s website hacked to display ransom note in a new extortion strategy

A new extortion strategy which is being used by the Industrial Spy has been identified where they gain access to their victim’s corporate websites to publicly display ransom notes. The first incident of this new strategy was seen on Thursday 2nd of June 2020, when Industrial Spy started to sell data, which they claim was stolen from the French company, […]
June 2, 2022

Foxconn confirms disruptions to production in Mexico as a result of a ransomware attack

Recently, the electronics manufacturer, Foxconn has confirmed that one of its production plants in Tijuana, Mexico has been impacted by a ransomware attack in late May. The plant is considered a key plant for Foxconn as it acts as a critical supply hub for the U.S. state of California which is a significant electronics consumer. A Foxconn spokesperson also revealed […]
May 9, 2022

National emergency declared by Costa Rica after Conti ransomware attacks

On Sunday 8th of May 2022, President Rodrigo Chaves, the newly elected Costa Rican President declared a national emergency where he cited ongoing Conti ransomware attacks as the reason for the emergency. The Conti ransomware group originally started their ransomware attacks against government institutions of Costa Rican last month.   In response to these attacks, on the 19th of April, Costa […]
May 6, 2022

AGCO, US agricultural machinery maker announces they suffered a ransomware attack

On Thursday 5th of May 2022, AGCO, one of the leading US-based agricultural machinery producers suffered a ransomware attack which resulted in some of their production facilities being impacted. This incident was announced on Friday 6th of May 2022 in a press release where AGCO stated that their business operations will be affected for several days whilst they repair their […]
April 29, 2022

A Possible ransomware attack against the service provider of a popular online Library app, Onleihe led to problems

On Tuesday 26th of April 2022, Onleihe, a popular Library lending app announces they experienced problems which could have been related to their service provider, EKZ who suffered a cyber-attack on Monday 18th of April 2022. The incident led to the outage of EKZ systems which impacted the websites: ekz.de, ekz.at, ekz.fr, divibib.com, the divibib user forum, the divibib Pentaho […]
April 28, 2022

Austin Peay State University announces ransomware attack via Twitter

On Wednesday 27th of April 2022, Austin Peay State University (APSU) confirmed that they had suffered a ransomware attack via their official Twitter account. Since the initial announcement, APSU has reassured the public that the incident was in the process of being contained and that their Learning Management System, D2L had online backups. The incident hasn’t seemed to have an […]
April 21, 2022

FBI releases flash alert against the BlackCat ransomware gang

On Tuesday 19th of April 2022, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a joint TLP:WHITE flash alert which revealed the BlackCat ransomware gang, also known as ALPHV, has breached the networks of at least 60 organizations worldwide as of March 2022. The FBI also stated the BlackCat ransomware gang has been the first ransomware group to have […]
April 20, 2022

FBI releases warning around ransomware attacks targeting US agriculture sector

On Wednesday 20th of April 2022, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a joint TLP:WHITE Private Industry Notification which warned the Food and Agriculture (FA) sector organizations that ransomware actors are likely to attack agricultural cooperatives during critical periods like the planting and harvest seasons which may cause disruptions to operations and therefore cause financial loss and […]
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