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Texas Law Firm Victim of Maze Ransomware
The Texas-based law firm of Baker Wotring is one of Maze's latest victims. The Maze Ransomware team has made headlines recently for its vicious penalties for organizations who don't readily pay the ransom demand. After using its ransomware to gain control of a target’s data, the group publishes the
Ransomware Takes Down A Texas City Hall
The City Hall's ransom demand started at $200,000. The attack shut Port Lavaca's billing and payment systems. “We’re going to be down for a little while.” -Port Lavaca Mayor WhitlowThe city appears to have been hit by the Ryuk ransomware variant. Ryuk has become well-known for its particularly
Louisiana Fears More Attacks on State and Local Governments
Cyber security has quickly become a top concern among government officials in Louisiana and elsewhere. State and local governments have reported over a hundred attacks in the last year. Last week's cyberattack on Louisiana ITI College in Baton Rouge suggests that hackers have no intention of leaving Louisiana alone.With
Hackers Demand Millions from Montana Schools
Early on a Tuesday morning, Havre Public Schools were “crippled” by Ryuk ransomware, disabling the school district’s computer system. The Montana school district is one in a long list of victims of this particularly vicious ransomware family. The Ryuk ransomware infiltrated the district system through one email and spread
Atlanta-area County Suffering from Cyber Attack
As if the state of Georgia hadn't experienced enough cyber pains, the county of Rockdale announced an attack hit its water department. "The attack happened after an employee opened an email with an infected attachment and the ransomware has infected up to nine county servers."While the attack seems limited
Attack on Texas School District Shuts Network
The Nacogdoches School District in Texas suffered a cyber attack this week, losing complete network access. Out of an abundance of caution, the district shut down its network to protect computers unaffected by the virus.Ironically, this comes just as Texas government and municipal offices are rolling out their mandated
Another Criminal Group Enhances Its Ransomware
The DoppelPaymer Ransomware "family" is the latest group re-writing its ransomware to increase victim payments. The new code now allows the criminals to steal data before encrypting the network for ransom. They then threaten to publish or sell this data if the victim does not pay the ransom.This is
Community College Loses Student Data to Hackers
Hackers gained access to data on thousands of St. Louis Community College students. The data breach was discovered on Jan. 13 after the college says an employee clicked on an attachment from a bogus email.Phishing emails are behind 9 out of 10 cyber attacks. The sensitive information accessed included
