The Ascension health care network said a cyberattack that affected 140 hospitals across the U.S. last week was a ransomware incident. The hospitals affected include Via Christi St. Francis and Via Christi St. Joseph hospitals in Wichita.
Electronic health records and systems used to order tests, procedures and medications remain unavailable at some affected hospitals.
Ascension Health Care confirmed a ransomware attack last week. The health
Researchers are warning of a combination of spam and IT tech support scam affecting Windows Quick Assist.
A ransomeware attack on May 8 is still causing some hiccups at Ascension hospitals and other facilities.
LockBit's affiliates asked for $200 million in exchange for 43GB of sensitive Boeing company data.
Cybercrime hunters have unmasked the alleged leader of LockBit, a hacker network dubbed the "most active ransomware group ever." LockBit gained global notoriety for holding victims’ data to ransom and ransomware-as-a-service, whereby it licenses malware to other hackers. According to Europol, the gang was behind the world's most deployed ransomware in 2022 — causing billions of euros worth of damage. Among the high-profile victims are US aerospace giant Boeing, Britain's Royal Mail...
The U.S. Department of Justice has announced charges against a Russian national for his involvement in a ransomware group that is believed to be behind a ransomware attack on the City of Wichita and other attacks across
Rapid7 reports an interesting social engineering scheme that easily bypasses content filtering defenses and creatively uses a fake help desk to supposedly “help” users put down the attack.
The majority of organizations hit by a ransomware attack are choosing to report to the relevant authorities, but the level of support they receive back varies depending on where they are. Globally, 97% of businesses impacted by ransomware attacks in the past year reached out to law enforcement and other government agencies for help, according to new findings extracted from Sophos' State of Ransomware 2024 report. The study drew insights from 2,974 organizations that were hit by ransomware, from...
Boeing recently confirmed that in October 2023, it fell victim to an attack by the LockBit ransomware gang, which disrupted some of its parts and distribution operations. The attackers demanded a whopping $200 million not to release the data they had exfiltrated.
That attempt was one of multiple “extremely large” ransom demands made by LockBit over the years, authorities said.