October 8, 2021

American media conglomerate, Cox Media Group disclose ransomware attack.

On Friday 8th of October 2021, Cox Media Group, an American media conglomerate disclosed that they experienced a ransomware attack that led to TV and radio broadcast streams to be taken down in June of 2021. The attack disclosed to the public via mail that was sent to over 800 individuals who have had their personal information exposed during the […]
October 2, 2021

Sandhills Global experience disrupt to operations, caused by Conti ransomware attack

On Thursday 30th of September 2021, Sandhills Global, a US-based trade publication and hosting company catering to the transportation, agriculture, aircraft, heavy machinery, and technology industries, was hit by a Conti Ransomware attack that caused Sandhills Global to shut down all their IT systems to prevent the spread of the ransomware attack. “Sandhills Global is currently responding to a ransomware […]
September 24, 2021

Disruptions to major European call center provider- Covisian after Conti Ransomware attack

On Saturday 18th of September 2021, GSS, the Spanish and Latin America division of Covisian was hit by a ransomware attack by the Conti ransomware gang. The attack led to them having to shut down a large portion of their IT systems and led to disruptions to call centers across its Spanish-speaking client base. Some of the impacted clients included […]
September 22, 2021

IT systems of Crystal Valley Cooperative brought down due to ransomware attack

On the 19th of September 2021, Crystal Valley experienced a ransomware attack that led to them having to shut down their IT systems and resulting in payments being paid to the farm supply and grain marketing cooperative via Visa, Mastercard and Discover Credit cards were stopped. Currently it is unknown which ransomware group are behind the attack. “On Sunday, September […]
September 7, 2021

Ragnar Locker ransomware group threatens to publish stolen data if victims contact authorities

This week, an announcement has been made by The Ragnar Locker ransomware group on their data leak site, warning that they will leak stolen data from their victims that contact any law enforcement authorities. This warning also stated that hiring any recovery companies for negotiations will be seen as a hostile move against them and therefore they will publish the […]
September 7, 2021

The return of REvil? REvil servers are suddenly back online

The operation servers of the REvil ransomware gang, aka Sodinokibi, have just been turned on for the first time since July after their large-scale attack against Kaseya when they used a zero-day vulnerability in the Kaseya VSA remote management software to encrypt around 60 managed service providers (MSPs) and over 1,500 of their business customers. Their disappearance was noticed when […]
August 24, 2021

Accenture attacked by LockBit Ransomware

Accenture attacked by LockBit Ransomware The LockBit Ransomware gang have now targeted Accenture which is one of the major consultancy firms with over $40 billion revenue and more than 550,000 employees worldwide. The gang has threatened the firm by leaking the stolen data online (ransomware double extortion) if the company is not willing to pay the required ransom. $50 million […]
August 23, 2021

Italy’s Lazio region’s vaccination registration system down after IT systems were disabled by ransomware attack

On Sunday 1st of August 2021, one of Italy’s largest regions, Lazio region experienced a ransomware attack that caused the region’s IT systems to be disabled. It meant Lazio residents were not able to book new vaccination appointments through the region’s COVID-19 vaccination registration portal as it was also taken down by the attack. Nicola Zingaretti, the region’s president confirmed […]
August 10, 2021

Computer Hardware Vendor GIGABYTE hit by a Ransomware attack

The Taiwanese hardware giant GIGABYTE suffered from a Ransomware attack around 3rd/4th of August. The attackers revealed that they had stolen more than 100GB of data and also threatened the organisation for posting it online in case GIGABYTE refuses to pay the ransom. The company is based in Japan and is known for producing the best quality computer hardware products […]
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