Planned Parenthood of Montana’s chief exec says the org is responding to a cyber-attack on its systems, and has drafted in federal law enforcement and infosec professionals to help investigate and rebuild its IT environment.
This comes as ransomware crew RansomHub boasted it had broken into the nonprofit, and stolen its data, which it is threatening to leak unless payment is made. According to Martha Fuller, CEO and president of the US state’s Planned Parenthood office, a network intrusion – or a “cybersecurity incident” as the org put it – was spotted on August 28.
Read more…
Source: The Register
Related:
- New Ransomware Charon Uses Earth Baxia APT Techniques to Target Enterprises
August 12, 2025
Trend Micro researchers recently identified a new ransomware family called Charon, deployed in a targeted attack observed in the Middle East’s public sector and aviation industry. The threat actor employed a DLL sideloading technique notably similar to tactics previously documented in the Earth Baxia campaigns, which have historically targeted government sectors. The attack chain leveraged a ...
- Russian government hackers said to be behind US federal court filing system hack
August 12, 2025
The Russian government is allegedly behind the data breach affecting the U.S. court filing system known as PACER, according to The New York Times. Citing anonymous sources, the newspaper said Russia “is at least in part responsible” for the cyberattack, without saying what part of the Russian government is behind the hack. The hackers searched for ...
- U.S. Department of Justice Announces Coordinated Disruption Actions Against BlackSuit (Royal) Ransomware Operations
August 11, 2025
Law Enforcement Seizes Servers, Domains, and Approximately $1 Million In Laundered Proceeds Owned By BlackSuit (Royal) Ransomware The Justice Department announced today coordinated actions against the BlackSuit (Royal) Ransomware group which included the takedown of four servers and nine domains on July 24, 2025. The takedown was conducted by the Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security ...
- WestJet says some passengers’ personal information stolen in cyberattack
August 11, 2025
WestJet says some personal data including information about travel documents such as passports was stolen in a cyberattack earlier this year, but credit and debit card numbers as well as user passwords were not compromised. In a note to customers, WestJet says the personal information taken varies from person to person but may include name, date ...
- From ClickFix to Command: A Full PowerShell Attack Chain
August 11, 2025
The FortiMail Workspace Security team recently identified a targeted intrusion campaign impacting multiple Israeli organizations. The adversary leveraged compromised internal email infrastructure to distribute phishing messages across the regional business landscape. These emails initiated a multi-stage, PowerShell-based infection chain that culminated in the delivery of a remote access trojan (RAT), executed entirely through PowerShell. Read more… Source: Fortinet Sign ...
- University of Western Australia suffers major data breach, staff and students locked out
August 11, 2025
One of Australia’s major universities has suffered a data breach, with the password information of thousands of staff and students exposed. The University of WA (UWA) confirmed it was investigating a cybersecurity incident on Saturday night, which involved unauthorised access of password information. Read more… Source: MSN Ness Sign up for the Cyber Security Review Newsletter The latest cyber security ...