March 24, 2022
A day after U.S. President Joe Biden issued a stark warning that a Russian cyberattack “is coming,” members of his administration hosted a three-hour call with about 13,000 people representing businesses, public agencies and other organizations to discuss the potential …
January 4, 2022
The Illinois Office of the Special Deputy Receiver (OSD) was hit by a cyberattack last summer, resulting in millions of dollars in losses to two auto insurance agencies under liquidation, the Illinois Department of Insurance confirmed. The cyber breach was …
October 5, 2021
Cyberattacks may affect more than organizations’ pocketbooks. They can also hinder a hospital’s care during a crucial moment, a lawsuit filed in Mobile, Alabama, claims. The mother of a child who was born during the midst of a 2019 cyberattack …
August 27, 2021
The U.S. Secret Service is investigating the theft of $2.3 million from the town of Peterborough, New Hampshire, by foreign thieves using fake email addresses. Town officials said Monday the investigation began July 26 when they learned that the ConVal …
August 6, 2021
A large healthcare system based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, acknowledged that it has been targeted by hackers. Sanford Health President and CEO Bill Gassen confirmed to the Argus Leader that the organization was working to resolve the cyberattack. “Sanford …
June 4, 2021
Hackers infiltrated computer systems for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York, setting off a scramble to counter a potentially crippling cyberattack against North America’s largest transit system, MTA officials confirmed on Wednesday. The officials said in a statement that …
April 20, 2021
The utility billing citizen self-service online portal for Kingman, Ariz., is once again fully functional following a cyberattack two months ago, city officials said Wednesday. The Feb. 26 attack from an unknown source knocked down the city’s computer system, blocking …
March 22, 2021
A Russian man has pleaded guilty in the U.S. to offering a Tesla employee $1 million to cripple the electric car company’s massive electric battery plant in Nevada with ransomware and steal company secrets for extortion, prosecutors and court records …
February 22, 2021
A pandemic-besieged hospital on the edge of the Navajo Nation says it has been the focus of a cyberattack. The nonprofit operator of Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital in Gallup issued a brief statement acknowledging “unauthorized activity” on its computer network. …
December 3, 2020
The Philadelphia region’s largest hunger-relief group has lost nearly $1 million in a cyberattack. Thieves infiltrated the group’s computer systems in the spring through a phishing scam, Philabundance chief executive Loree Jones told The Philadelphia Inquirer. Jones said they managed …