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 […]
June 9, 2021

World’s largest processor of fresh beef, JBS Foods forced to shut down production after cyberattack

JBS Foods, a leading food company and the largest meat producer globally, had to shut down production at multiple sites worldwide following a cyberattack. The incident impacted multiple JBS production facilities worldwide over the weekend, including those from the United States, Australia, and Canada. JBS is currently the world’s largest beef and poultry producer and the second-largest global pork producer, […]
May 13, 2021

Chemical distributor Brenntag pays $4.4 million to DarkSide ransomware Group

In May 2021, Chemical distribution company Brenntag suffered a ransomware attack that targeted their North American division. The attack was claimed by the DarkSide ransomware gang who states they have stolen 150GB worth of data. To prove their claims, DarkSide had published a private data leak page containing a description of the types of data stolen and screenshots of some […]
March 20, 2021

REvil ransomware attack hits Computer giant Acer hit for $50 million

On the 18th of March 2021, the infamous ransomware gang, REvil announced on their data leak site that they had breached Acer. The group also provided evidence of the attack by publishing images of allegedly stolen files, these documents included financial spreadsheets, bank balances, and bank communications. The threat actors are demanding for $50,000,000, according to BleepingComputer, which is the […]
March 18, 2021

DoppelPaymer ransomware group demands $20 Million from Kia Motors America

On February 13th, 2021, Kia Motors America experienced a ransomware attack by the DoppelPaymer ransomware group which led to outages over their nationwide network. The effect of the attack was noticed when customers discovered the Kia Owners Portal was offline and displayed an error message that said:    “We are currently experiencing an IT service outage that has impacted some […]