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Columbus says ransomware gang stole personal data of 500,000 Ohio residents – Go Health Pro

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Columbus says ransomware gang stole personal data of 500,000 Ohio residents – Go Health Pro

The City of Columbus, Ohio’s state capital, has confirmed that hackers stole the personal data of 500,000 residents during a July ransomware attack.  In a filing with Maine’s attorney general, Columbus confirmed that a “foreign cyber threat actor” compromised its network to access information including residents’ names, dates of birth, addresses, identification documents, Social Security … Read more

Casio says ‘no prospect of recovery yet’ after ransomware attack  – Go Health Pro

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Casio says ‘no prospect of recovery yet’ after ransomware attack  – Go Health Pro

Japanese electronics giant Casio has confirmed that many of its systems remain unusable almost two weeks after it was hit by a ransomware attack.  Casio spokesperson Ayuko Hara told TechCrunch on Thursday that the company sees “no prospect of recovery yet” as it struggles to bounce back from the cyberattack.  “Since October 5, our servers … Read more

Casio confirms customer data compromised in ransomware attack – Go Health Pro

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Casio confirms customer data compromised in ransomware attack – Go Health Pro

Japanese electronics giant Casio has confirmed that a ransomware attack earlier this month resulted in the theft of customer data. Casio first confirmed on October 7 it had been hit by a cyberattack, but at the time did not reveal the nature of the incident that caused unspecified “system disruption” across the company. In an … Read more

Fog, Akira ransomware groups exploit critical Veeam backup flaw – Go Health Pro

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Fog, Akira ransomware groups exploit critical Veeam backup flaw – Go Health Pro

The Fog and Akira ransomware gangs have been observed exploiting a critical vulnerability that lets them run a remote code execution (RCE) on Veeam Backup and Replications servers. While Veeam disclosed this critical deserialization bug and released a patch for CVE-2024-40711 on Sept. 4, publication of the proof-of-concept (PoC) developed by watchTowr Labs was delayed … Read more

Lynx ransomware analyses reveal similarities to INC Ransom – Go Health Pro

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Lynx ransomware analyses reveal similarities to INC Ransom – Go Health Pro

Lynx ransomware, a newer ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) that emerged around July may have stemmed from the INC Ransom source code that was reportedly sold in May, according to multiple analyses of the Lynx strain. The Lynx gang maintains both clear web and dark web leak sites and has claimed more than 20 victims since it first … Read more

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