New York: Refuah Health to spend over $1M on cyber security following ransomware attack

A Hudson Valley health care provider will spend more than $1 million on cybersecurity after a ransomware attack leaked patients’ information. An investigation by the state attorney general found Refuah Healthdid not have proper precautions set up to prevent the Read More …

Hundreds of museums hit by cyber attack

Hundreds of art institutions and museums have been affected by a cyber attack on the Gallery Systems software company, with those impacted having used the software to organise their online archives. Last month, Gallery Systems informed its clients that computers Read More …

Lebanon: Beirut airport screens come under cyberattack

Beirut airport on Sunday came under a cyberattack, Lebanon’s state news agency said, with footage shared by local media showing anti-Hezbollah messages had replaced screen displays at its terminal. Lebanon’s National News Agency said “the cyberattack on the departure and Read More …

Bangladesh: Cyber attack on Smart Election Commission app from two countries

A cyber attack has been carried out on the app ‘Smart Election Management BD’ of the Election Commission (EC) from Ukraine and Germany, said EC Secretary Md Jahangir Alam on Sunday. He told the media that the Election Commission (EC) Read More …

Top legal firm specializing in data breaches…hit by data breach

Top legal firm that specializes in helping other organizations in the aftermath of a data breach has ironically suffered one such incident itself. Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has sent out a breach notification letter to affected individuals, confirming it had Read More …

Freight giant Estes confirms data breach, but says it won’t pay ransom

The October 2023 cyberattack against Estes Express Lines was indeed ransomware, but the company has paid no ransom demand as yet. The company confirmed the news in an email recently sent to affected customers. As per the email, sent to Read More …

US insurance giant First American confirms it was hit by a ransomware attack

First American, one of the largest insurance companies in the United States, has confirmed the cyber-incident it suffered in late December 2023 was indeed a ransomware attack. The company filed an updated 8-K form with the Securities and Exchange Commission Read More …

Australia: Cyber attack on Victoria’s court system may have exposed recordings of sensitive cases

Victoria’s court system has been hit by a ransomware attack, which an independent expert believes was orchestrated by Russian hackers. A spokesperson for Court Services Victoria (CSV) said hackers accessed an area of the court system’s audio-visual archive. That would Read More …

Cyber-hackers target UK nuclear waste company RWM

Hackers have targeted the company behind a £50bn project to build a vast underground nuclear waste store in Britain, its developer has said. Radioactive Waste Management, the company behind the Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) project, has said that hackers unsuccessfully Read More …