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Ransomware gang BlackSuit says it hacked Alabama county government
Ransomware gang BlackSuit claimed responsibility for cyber attack earlier this month on the Cullman County Commission in Alabama. In a November 7, 2024 Facebook post, the Commission announced it was the victim of a cyber attack that shut down the County Courthouse at around 4 a.m. Phone lines for the Revenue, Probate, and District Attorney’s offices were down. Online payments…
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New ransomware gang claims cyber attack on Bartow County School System and others
Late last week a new ransomware gang, Chort, emerged. It posted six new victims to its data leak site including four US schools and colleges. One was the Bartow County School System which recently suffered a week-long outage due to a cyber attack in mid-October. In a statement, the school confirmed an ‘unauthorized external source’ had caused the outage which…
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Ransomware gang claims responsibility for election-day cyber attack on Michigan county
Ransomware gang Embargo last night claimed responsibility for a cyber attack on Wexford County, MI that took place on election day in the United States. Embargo added Wexford County to its leak site on the evening of the election. It claims to have stolen 1 TB of data. The group is demanding an undisclosed sum of ransom to be paid…
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Franklin County, KS notifies 30K people of data breach that compromised SSNS, financial and medical info
Franklin County, Kansas officials over the weekend confirmed it notified 29,690 people of a May 2024 data breach that compromised the following personal data: Name Social Security number Financial account numbers Driver’s license number Date of birth Medical info including conditions, treatments, diagnoses, and medications Healthcare providers Dates and locations of services provided by the county Medical record number Vaccinations…
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RansomHub claims responsibility for cyber attack on Charleston County School District, SC
This morning, ransomware gang RansomHub claimed responsibility for a recent cyber attack on Charleston County School District, South Carolina. The School District noted ‘suspicious activity’ and system disruption on July 26. Students were able to return to class as planned on August 13. The School District has yet to provide an official statement on the nature of this incident so…
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RansomHub claims responsibility for cyber attack on Jefferson County, KY clerk’s office
Ransomware gang RansomHub yesterday claimed responsibility for a nearly four-day-long outage at the Jefferson County clerk’s office in Kentucky. The clerk’s office closed its offices on July 22, 2024 due to a ransomware attack and didn’t fully reopen until July 29. The county posted a photo of the ransom note, which instructed the clerk’s office to pay a ransom and…
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Ransomware gang Rhysida claims responsibility for the cyber attack on Sumter County Sheriff’s Office
Ransomware gang Rhysida has this morning claimed the recent cyber attack on Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. Its proof pack appears to contain various IDs and biometric data (fingerprints). It has given the Sheriff’s Office six to seven days to pay its ransom before the data is released. Sumter County Sheriff’s Office confirmed it had been hit with a ransomware attack…
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