Pennsylvania: Welch plant in North East restarts after cyber attack shuts facility down for 3 weeks

In a statement provided to the Erie Times-News, the company said: “On Monday, we restarted our spreads production bringing more than 100 employees back to work at our North East plant. We expect additional employees to return to work over the Read More …

AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon users hit by massive cellular outage in US

Mmajor cellphone outage affected users across the US early Thursday — even stopping some police departments from being able to receive 911 calls. AT&T seemed to have experienced the largest number of issues, with nearly 32,000 reports at around 4:30 Read More …

Malawi: Cyber-attack hits immigration service

Malawi’s government has suspended the issuing of passports following a cyber-attack on the immigration service’s computer network. President Lazarus Chakwera told MPs that the targeting of the department amounted to a “serious national security breach”. He revealed that the hackers Read More …

Ransomware Attack Disrupts Over 100 Romanian Hospitals, Including Cancer and Pediatric Centers

A massive ransomware attack has disrupted operations in multiple Romanian hospitals after encrypting databases and files. It targeted the Hipocrate Information System (HIS), an integrated healthcare management system sold by Romanian Soft Company (RSC). A significant portion of the Romanian Read More …

Pakistan cuts off phone and internet services on election day

Pakistan has temporarily suspended mobile phone network and internet services across the country to combat any “possible threats,” a top ministry said, as the South Asian nation commences its national election. In a statement, Pakistan’s interior ministry said the move Read More …

AnyDesk confirms cyber attack, revokes certificates as hackers infiltrate systems

AnyDesk has confirmed it suffered a cyberattack in which hackers were able to compromise its production systems. In a press release published on the company’s website, the remote access provider said it spotted the attack after seeing “indications of an Read More …

Cyber attack hits Pennsylvania Courts’ website

Pennsylvania Courts’ website was targeted in a cyber attack on Sunday. Pennsylvania’s Chief Justice Debra Todd made the announcement, saying portions of the website were made unavailable due to the attack. The situation was described as a denial of service Read More …

Kansas City Area Transit Authority hit by ransom cyber-attack, affecting communications

The Kansas City Area Transit Authority announced this week that is was hit by a ransom cyber-attack. The incident was reported on Tuesday, Jan. 23. KCATA said all service is operating, including fixed-route buss, Freedom and Freedom-On-Demand paratransit service. KCATA Read More …

Billion-dollar financial giant EquiLend hit by cyberattack

EquiLend, a global financial technology, data and analytics firm, suffered a cyberattack – possibly ransomware – that forced parts of its digital infrastructure offline. In a press release, EquiLend said that on January 22, 2024, its technicians identified a “technical Read More …