IT Sec News updates – Ransomware Attacks

Becker’s Hospital Review

Ransomware attack affects 17-hospital system based in Culver City, CA. Crozer Health, Eastern Connecticut Health Network, and Waterbury Health …

Engadget

Global ransomware attacks are on the rise, according to a report issued by Malwarebytes.

The Record by Recorded Future

No ransomware gang has claimed the attack. A spokesperson for Prospect confirmed that the hospital “recently experienced a data security incident that …

Harvard Business Review

The White House is considering a ban on ransomware payments, which could change the chief information and security officer (CISO) job.

9to5Mac

The report says that 48 ransomware gangs have carried out 2,483 attacks against the top 10 most attacked countries. And the US has seen almost 60% of …

AppleInsider

The USA is now seeing more ransomware attacks than the next 22 most-affected countries combined, according to a new report that expects the number …

FOX 4 News

PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Dallas ransomware attack: One month later. The City of Dallas says that more than 90% of the network has been restored, but the …

Tripwire

Newly-released research reveals the eye-watering costs that the manufacturing sector has suffered in recent years at the hands of ransomware.

Government Technology

The city issued a formal notice for the first time about potential data being exposed since detecting the ransomware attack by hacking group Royal …

Healthcare IT News

FBI investigates Connecticut ransomware attack. Care is disrupted and computer systems are down at Eastern Connecticut hospitals and medical centers …