June 4, 2021

UF Health Florida hospitals forced back to pen and paper after ransomware attack

On the 31st of May 2021, UF Health Central Florida also known as UF Health suffered a ransomware attack that resulted them forcing two hospitals to shut down portions of their IT network to prevent further spread of the ransomware and to protect patient data. UF Health states that they first noticed the attack when the hospitals’ computer system starting […]
June 3, 2021

Massachusetts’ largest ferry service, The Steamship Authority hit by ransomware attack

The Steamship Authority, Massachusetts’ largest ferry service, was hit by a ransomware attack on Wednesday which led to ticketing and reservation disruptions. “The Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket Steamship Authority has been the target of a ransomware attack that is affecting operations as of Wednesday morning,” the ferry service said in 2 June 2021. “There is no impact to […]
May 28, 2021

Lorenz ransomware group involved – Canada Post Ransomware

On May 19, 2021, Canada post, the primary postal operator in Canada had to inform several of its large commercial customers that a ransomware attack that hit one of its third service providers, Commport Communications had exposed the commercial companies’ customers shipping information. In total, the attack affected 44 of Canada Post’s commercial customers and over 950,000 receiving customers. In […]
May 26, 2021

Audio maker Bose discloses ransomware attack that exposes former employee data

On the 7th of March 2021, Bose Corporation detected the ransomware on their systems and immediately initiated their incident response protocols to activate its technical team with the goal of containing the incident. After containing the incident, Bose started an investigation of the incident and worked with its forensics experts to determine the data that may have been accessed and/or […]
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 […]
May 10, 2021

The US colonial pipeline attacked by a Ransomware

On the 8th of May 2021, Colonial Pipeline, the largest fuel pipelines in the United States, released a statement confirming they suffered a ransomware attack on the 7th of May 2021 and had taken the decision to shut down the operations in order to stop the malware being propagated to other machines on the network. The impact of the attack […]
April 28, 2021

DC Police confirms cyberattack after ransomware gang leaks confidential data

In April 2021, Metropolitan Police Department had confirmed that they experienced a cyberattack after the Babuk ransomware gang leaked screenshots of data they had stolen from the department. The DC Police stated that they are aware of a breached server and that the FBI is investigating the matter. “We are aware of unauthorized access on our server. While we determine […]
April 20, 2021

REvil extorted Apple – $50 Million Ransom demanded

Quanta Computer which is one of the leading notebook manufacturers and one of the business partners with Apple recently have been attacked by REvil ransomware group during April 2021. Quanta is a Taiwan based manufacturer that has a long list of high-profile customers, including Apple, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Alienware, Lenovo, Cisco, and Microsoft. They are also responsible for the manufacture of […]
April 12, 2021

Ireland’s health service forced to drop up to 80% of appointment due to Conti ransomware attack

On the 14th of March 2021, Health Service Executive of Ireland, which is responsible for the provision of health and personal social services in the Republic of Ireland had to take all its IT systems offline after experiencing a Conti ransomware attack early in the morning that left Ireland’s health system paralyzed as up to 80% of appointments had to […]