September 6, 2022

Second largest U.S. school district LAUSD experiences disrupt from ransomware

On Tuesday 6th of September 2022, Los Angeles Unified (LAUSD), the second largest school district in the U.S., disclosed that a ransomware attack hit its Information Technology (IT) systems over the weekend. The incident has been reported to law enforcement and federal agencies and LAUSD is now working with those agencies as part of an ongoing investigation and incident response. […]
September 2, 2022

Hive ransomware group demands $2 million from Damart clothing store after ransomware attack

On Monday 15th of August 2022, Damart, a French clothing company published a message about unscheduled maintenance on the homepage of its online store. It was later revealed the unscheduled maintenance was due to Damart having to take proactive actions to contain a ransomware attack by the Hive ransomware group. The attack resulted in some of the company’s systems being […]
September 1, 2022

Government of Montenegro confirms ransomware attack, Cuba ransomware group claim responsible

On Wednesday 31st of August 2022, the government of Montenegro confirmed that ransomware was responsible for the damage and disruptions that have impacted its critical infrastructure. Public Administration Minister Maras Dukaj stated on local television that an organised cybercrime group was behind the attack. The minister was quoted saying that a “special virus” is used in the attack and there […]
August 31, 2022

Ragnar Locker ransomware claims attack on TAP Air Portugal

On the night of Thursday 25th of August, TAP Air Portugal, the flag carrier of Portugal, disclosed that their systems were hit by a cyber attack which resulted in their website and app being unavailable. The company stated that the attack had been blocked and added that it found no evidence indicating the attackers gained access to customer information stored […]
August 22, 2022

Greece’s largest natural gas distributor suffers a data breach and disruptions following an attack by the Ragnar Locker ransomware gang

On Saturday 20th of August 2022, Greece’s largest natural gas distributor, DESFA released a statement confirming that they suffered a data breach and IT system outage following a cyberattack. Although due to the quick response of its IT team, the intrusion was limited. However, some files and data were accessed and could be possibly exfiltrated so there is the risk […]
August 22, 2022

LockBit’s data leak sites shut down from DDoS attack, LockBit blames Entrust for attacks

Over the weekend of the 20th of August 2022, the LockBit ransomware operation’s data leak sites have been shut down due to a DDoS attack in response to LockBit claiming responsibility for the cyberattack against Entrust that occurred in July. LockBit started to leak data that was allegedly stolen from Entrust, including legal documents, marketing spreadsheets, and accounting data. Shortly […]
August 17, 2022

BlackByte ransomware gang returns with new extortion tactics

The BlackByte ransomware operation has returned with version 2.0 of their operation which introduces a new data leak site utilizing new extortion techniques borrowed from LockBit. Since their return, the BlackByte ransomware operation has been promoting a new data leak site on hacker forums and through Twitter accounts the threat actor seems to be controlling. At the time of writing, […]
August 16, 2022

Clop ransomware group attacked UK water supplier but extorted the wrong company

On Monday 15th of August 2022, South Staffordshire confirmed that they had experienced IT disruption from a cyberattack. The released announcement explained that the safety and water distribution systems are still operational and therefore there is no impact on the supply of safe water to its customers or those of its subsidiaries, Cambridge Water and South Staffs Water. “This is […]
August 11, 2022

UK NHS services still recovering after ransomware attack against British MSP

On Thursday 4th of August 2022, Advanced, a British managed service provider (MSP) suffered a ransomware attack that occurred in the early morning. The incident resulted in seven of the solutions that Advanced offer being impacted. One of Advanced’s main customers was United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) where emergency services (111) were disrupted due to the incident. When the […]
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