IT Sec News updates – Ransomware Attacks

TechTarget

Ransomware continued to be a persistent threat in December that disrupted patient access to healthcare and affected the personally identifiable …

PCMag

A ransomware gang hits Gallery Systems, disrupting access to the online collections of top museums, including The Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

Infosecurity Magazine

Emsisoft has called for a complete ban on ransomware payments after another record-breaking year of attacks.

SecurityWeek

Estes Express Lines is informing over 21000 individuals that their personal information was stolen in a ransomware attack.

CISO Series

Ransomware bans, voice cloning contest, slow data exports, cyberattack impacts French township, Qualcomm warns of voice call vulnerability.

The HIPAA Journal

Last year was a particularly bad year for ransomware attacks. According to an analysis by the cybersecurity firm Emsisoft, 46 hospital systems …

JD Supra

On December 19, 2023, the Justice Department (“DOJ”) announced a disruption campaign against the Blackcat ransomware group.

SC Magazine

Ransomware attack against Gallery Systems prompts online museum outages Operations at some online museums have been disrupted following a …

IT World Canada

The LockBit ransomware gang has started releasing data it says was stolen last month from a Quebec university. The data is from the University of …

The Logic

The average payment in Canada to get back stolen or locked-up corporate data passed $1.13 million last year, more than doubling since 2021, …