Several NATO websites suffer a cyber attack

Several NATO websites have suffered a computer attack on Sunday night, leaving the NATO Special Operations Headquarters website, among others, temporarily inoperative. “NATO cyber experts are actively dealing with an incident affecting some NATO websites. NATO deals with cyber incidents Read More …

City of Oakland systems offline after ransomware attack

The City of Oakland was hit by a ransomware attack on Wednesday night that forced it to take all systems offline until the network is secured and affected services are brought back online. The attack has not affected core services, Read More …

UK Engineering Company Vesuvius Hit by Cyber Attack

Vesuvius PLC said Monday that it is currently managing a cyber incident that involved unauthorized access to its systems. The U.K. engineered-ceramics manufacturer said as soon as it was aware of the unauthorized activity, it took the necessary steps to Read More …

Tallahassee Memorial hospital victim of suspected ransomware attack

Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare is postponing all non-emergency patient procedures as officials manage an Information Technology security issue that occurred late Thursday night, according to a memo from the hospital. The IT security breach is a suspected ransomware attack, according to Read More …

University of Iowa Hospitals website possibly hit by cyberattack

A Russian hacking group has claimed to have taken down the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics website, along with the websites of dozens of other hospitals nationwide. UIHC has acknowledged its website is down Tuesday afternoon and its IT Read More …

Russian hackers DDoS Germany for aiding Ukraine

Russian hackers have proved yet again how quickly cyber attacks can be used to respond to global events with a series of DDoS attacks on German infrastructure and government websites in response to the country’s plan to send tanks to Read More …

Royal Mail cyber attack carried out by Russian-linked ransomware gang

A ransomware gang linked to Russia carried out the Royal Mail cyber attack that suspended international postal deliveries. It is understood that Royal Mail’s investigation found the gang, named Lockbit, infected machines that print customs labels for parcels being sent Read More …

Royal Mail export services severely disrupted after ‘cyber incident’

Britain’s Royal Mail said on Wednesday it was facing severe disruption to its international export services following what it described as “a cyber incident”. “We are temporarily unable to despatch items to overseas destinations,” Royal Mail, one of the world’s Read More …

U.S. Federal Aviation Administration says flight personnel alert system not processing updates after outage

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) system that alerts pilots and other flight personnel about hazards or any changes to airport facility services and relevant procedures was not processing updated information, the civil aviation regulator’s website showed on Wednesday. In Read More …

Iowa’s largest city cancels classes due to cyber attack

Iowa’s largest school district cancelled classes for Tuesday after determining there was a cyber attack on its technology network. Des Moines Public Schools announced Monday that classes would be cancelled for its 33,000 students after being “alerted to a cyber Read More …