May 13, 2022
Publishing giant Nikkei disclosed that the group’s headquarters in Singapore was hit by a ransomware attack almost one week ago, on May 13, 2022.
“Unauthorized access to the server was first detected on May 13, prompting an internal probe,” the company revealed in a press release published on Thursday.
“The affected server likely contained customer data, and Nikkei is currently in the process of determining the nature and scope of the attack,” Nikkei added.
December 28, 2021
Amedia, the largest local news publisher in Norway, said December 28 several of its central computer systems were shut down in what it is calling an apparent “serious” cyberattack.
The attack is preventing the company from printing the next day’s edition of the newspapers, and presses were halted until the issue was resolved. The hack impacted the company’s advertising and subscription systems, preventing advertisers from purchasing new ads and stopping subscribers from ordering or canceling subscriptions.
The company said it is unclear whether personal information has been compromised—the subscription system affected by the attack contains names, addresses, phone numbers, and subscription history of customers. Data such as passwords, read history, and financial information are not affected, the company said.
April 29, 2022
Kellogg Community College (KCC), forced to close its campuses and cancel classes after falling victim to a ransomware attack starting on Friday and over the weekend, is going to reopen Wednesday morning.
The attack caused continued technology problems, according to an alert that first appeared on the college’s website Sunday. All five Kellogg campuses, located in Michigan, closed during the attack.
An alert first posted KCC web page said the computer systems were targeted over the weekend of May 1 and KCC IRT experts were working on the situation. The alert went on to say, “We have learned that the technology issues we have been experiencing were caused by a ransomware attack that continues to affect our systems.”
February 13, 2022
One of the teams in the National Football League (NFL) ended up falling victim to a ransomware hack with the attackers saying they purloined the teams financial data.
The San Francisco 49ers suffered the attack at the hands of ransomware gang BlackByte. The attackers appeared to have posted some of the stolen team documents on a site on the dark web in a file marked “2020 Invoices.”
The gang did not make its ransom demands public or specify how much data it had stolen or encrypted.
January 12, 2022
Albuquerque, New Mexico have cancelled classes for Thursday and Friday due to a cyberattack. The shutdown took place just days after a ransomware attack hit government services across Bernalillo County.
Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) website reportedschools will remain closed “as the district continues to investigate a cyberattack that compromised the student information system used to take attendance, contact families in emergencies, and assure that students are picked up from school by authorized adults.”
March 31, 2021
The University of California (UC) was the victim of a ransomware attack via the Accellion Secure File Transfer Appliance (FTA).
The state university system its institution, along with several other government agencies, private companies and other schools have been involved in an Accellion-centric attack.
January 1, 2004
WIZARD SPIDER is a sophisticated eCrime group that has been operating the Ryuk ransomware since August 2018, targeting large organizations for a high-ransom return. This methodology, known as “big game hunting,” signals a shift in operations for WIZARD SPIDER. This actor is a Russia-based criminal group known for the operation of the TrickBot banking malware that had focused primarily on wire fraud in the past.
January 1, 2004
WIZARD SPIDER is a sophisticated eCrime group that has been operating the Ryuk ransomware since August 2018, targeting large organizations for a high-ransom return. This methodology, known as “big game hunting,” signals a shift in operations for WIZARD SPIDER. This actor is a Russia-based criminal group known for the operation of the TrickBot banking malware that had focused primarily on wire fraud in the past.
January 1, 2003
WIZARD SPIDER is a sophisticated eCrime group that has been operating the Ryuk ransomware since August 2018, targeting large organizations for a high-ransom return. This methodology, known as “big game hunting,” signals a shift in operations for WIZARD SPIDER. This actor is a Russia-based criminal group known for the operation of the TrickBot banking malware that had focused primarily on wire fraud in the past.
January 1, 2002
WIZARD SPIDER is a sophisticated eCrime group that has been operating the Ryuk ransomware since August 2018, targeting large organizations for a high-ransom return. This methodology, known as “big game hunting,” signals a shift in operations for WIZARD SPIDER. This actor is a Russia-based criminal group known for the operation of the TrickBot banking malware that had focused primarily on wire fraud in the past.