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Tag: Ransomware
Hackers Target Los Angeles School District With Ransomware
Plus: Albania cuts ties with Iran, claims of a TikTok data breach that didn’t happen, and much more. https://media.wired.com/photos/631bd10a977791160bfcd219/master/pass/LAUSD-Ransomware-Security-GettyImages-1393843200.jpg
Quora Hacked, Moscow Ransomware, and More Security News This Week
China accusations, Eastern European bank heists, and more of the week’s top security news. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c0b012587e1b12d64ab1697/master/pass/Quora-Hacked_Final.png
Iranians indicted in Atlanta city government ransomware attack
Enlarge / The message posted to social media by the city of Atlanta in the wake of an apparent ransomware attack. (credit: City of Atlanta) The US Attorney’s Office for the District of Northern Georgia announced today that a federal grand jury had returned indictments against two Iranian nationals charged with executing the March 2018 […]
DOJ Indicts 2 Iranian Hackers for Harmful SamSam Ransomware
A string of attacks hobbled the city of Atlanta, multiple hospitals, and more. The feds now think they know who did it. https://media.wired.com/photos/5bfee2878cd3bb7c5ea638da/master/pass/Atlanta-1028286154.jpg
Shipping company’s networks in the Americas crippled by ransomware attack
(credit: COSCO) COSCO’s computer networks in the Americas remained completely severed from the Internet on Thursday, almost 48 hours after the Chinese shipping giant reported it was hit by a ransomware attack. In a statement published Thursday, COSCO officials said the failures affected networks in the US, Canada, Panama, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Chile, and Uruguay. […]
Venmo Privacy, Ransomware Attacks, and More Security News This Week
Russian meddling, Venmo privacy, and more of the week’s top security news. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b52311409b702757fc5f771/master/pass/venmo_pub_priv.jpg
Reddit Bans, Atlanta Ransomware, and More Security News This Week
Reddit bans, Atlanta ransomware, and more of the week’s top security news. https://media.wired.com/photos/5ab58740adec2c735843056d/master/pass/reddit-darkweb-shutdown2.jpg
Atlanta city government systems down due to ransomware attack [Updated]
Enlarge / The message posted to social media by the city of Atlanta in the wake of an apparent ransomware attack. (credit: City of Atlanta) The city of Atlanta government has apparently become the victim of a ransomware attack. The city’s official Twitter account announced that the city government “is currently experiencing outages on various […]
DIGITAL HEALTH BRIEFING: Ransomware attack damages Allscripts’ prescription service — Microsoft scraps health app after one year — Florida Hospital launches tele-ICU
Welcome to Digital Health Briefing, a new morning email providing the latest news, data, and insight on how digital technology is disrupting the healthcare ecosystem, produced by BI Intelligence. Sign up and receive Digital Health Briefing free to your inbox. Have feedback? We’d like to hear from you. Write me at: lbeaver@businessinsider.com RANSOMWARE ATTACK HOBBLES ALLSCRIPTS’ ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION SERVICE: A ransomware attack on US electronic […]
