IT Sec News updates – Ransomware Attacks

K-12 Dive

Ransomware virus has encrypted data. Attacker is offering key to unlock encrypted data for money. Schools are highly vulnerable to facing a ransomware …

Axios

… ransomware attack since February. Last month, Wired reported that the company appeared to have paid the BlackCat ransomware group a hefty $22 …

The Record by Recorded Future

The ransomware attack on a company owned by healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group (UHG) has so far caused $872 million in losses, according to the …

PCMag

Ransomhub posts a portion of the data it allegedly stole to pressure UnitedHealth Group to pay up. But the company reportedly already paid $22 …

NBC Montana

Cybersecurity experts fear ransomware attacks could be on the rise, in part because of a group called “Scattered Spider.”

WIRED

Change Healthcare is facing a new cybersecurity nightmare after a ransomware group began selling what it claimed is Americans' sensitive medical …

The Ticker

Medusa, a ransomware group that has claimed responsibility for numerous attacks on entities ranging from school districts to municipalities to …

The Register

UnitedHealth, parent company of ransomware-besieged Change Healthcare, says the total costs of tending to the February cyberattack for the first …

WFAA

The Tarrant Appraisal District (TAD) says the hacking group responsible for the recent ransomware attack, posted data obtained during the attack …

CyberScoop

… ransomware attack on its subsidiary Change Healthcare that crippled parts of the U.S. health care system. Since the Feb. 21 ransomware attack …