Updating the story concerning Colosseum Dental Benelux reported yesterday, Yannick Spinner reports (machine translated): The umbrella company, in its own words, had no choice but to pay the criminals: “Caring for our patients is our top priority and prompted Colosseum Dental to contact the cyber attackers and make agreements about the return and security of...
On August 5, RTL Nieuws reported: More than a hundred dental practices will be forced to keep their doors closed in the coming days. These are practices of Colosseum Dental Benelux, a large company with more than 130 branches in Belgium and the Netherlands. The company has been hit by a cyber attack and is going...
The following notification was first published on July 18 as a legal notice: 00110404 PUBLISH 07/18/22 – 09/02/22 Notice of Data Breach On or about February 26, 2022, the Louisiana Public Facilities Authority (LPFA) was the target of a ransomware attack by unknown persons. Our investigation indicates the attack may have gone on over...
Adam Carros and Ethan Stein report: Leaked screenshots show the Linn-Mar School District is dealing with a ransomware attack much more severe than the “technical difficulties” the district has described to staff and parents. A staff member shared with TV9 screenshots from district computers showing a warning message stating “all your files have been...
Wordfly is a digital marketing platform that offers email, SMS marketing, forms and surveys for its clients to use with their customers or contacts. On July 10, Wordfly experienced a ransomware attack that encrypted their environment and disrupted services until July 29, when their status account tweeted: WordFly has returned to service. Thank you...
SERV Behavioral Health System in New Jersey provides Social, Educational, Residential, and Vocational services to children and adults with adults and children trying to cope with serious mental illness or a developmental disability. On May 26, their files were allegedly encrypted by Hive ransomware team. On July 14, Hive added SERV BHS to their...
One of the recent listings on a well-known ransomware leak site names a Florida law firm as their victim but they link to disabilityhelpgroup.com. That site, which offers what they describe as advocacy services for individuals seeking help in securing Social Security disability benefits or veterans’ disability benefits, does not display the law firm’s...
Jack Morse reports: The full impact of a data breach at Prince Edward Island’s largest arts centre is now clear. The results of a recently completed investigation show thousands of people had their personal information exposed. The cyberattack was first reported by the Confederation Centre of the Arts in January. In February, officials confirmed...
Jessica Davis reports: Unresponsive. Completely ignored. Misleading. Breached contracts. In a highly regulated industry like healthcare, these are not words one would expect to hear about a vendor tasked with hosting the electronic medical records of small providers and their related patient data. But in the wake of the coverage detailing a number of...
New GwisinLocker ransomware encrypts Windows and Linux ESXi servers