June 5, 2021

Fujifilm confirms disrupted business operations were due to ransomware attack

On 4th of June 2021, the Japanese multinational conglomerate Fujifilm released a statement confirming that they had suffered a ransomware attack on the 1st of June which disrupted business operations. The ransomware attack was discovered when FujiFilm started an investigation into an incident of unauthorized access that had occurred in the late evening of the 1st of June. When they […]
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 4, 2021

Scripps Health announce data breach of more than 147,000 patients information after ransomware attack

Nonprofit healthcare provider, Scripps Health in San Diego, has disclosed a data breach exposing patient information after suffering a ransomware attack last month. The healthcare provider has five hospitals and 19 outpost facilities with over 3,000 affiliate physicians. Every year, Scripps Health treats more than 700,000 patients. On April 29th, Scripps Health suffered a cyberattack where threat actors deployed ransomware […]
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 18, 2021

Insurance Giant AXA – victim of Ransomware attack

AXA, which is one of the biggest insurance firms based in France, suffered a ransomware attack in mid-May at various branches in many countries including Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and the Philippines. This ransomware attack took place after AXA launched the statement that they will stop paying any kind of ransoms to the adversaries. It is believed that more than […]
May 14, 2021

Reports suggest that DarkSide had involvement with Toshiba subsidiary ransomware attack

On May 14th, 2021, European subsidiaries of the Toshiba Tec Group companies experienced a ransomware attack from the DarkSide ransomware group. After discovering the attack, the Toshiba Tec Group immediately shut down the networks and systems operating between Japan and Europe and its other subsidiaries in the hope of preventing the spread of the ransomware while deploying recovery measures after […]
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 […]