Ransomware attack campaign targeted an old (and previously patched) vulnerability in VMware servers, and that it has grown to become the largest attack of its type, compromising at least 3,200 VMware servers.
Ransomware attack’s main impact to derivative trading thus far has been long delays in processing for financial firms in Europe and the United States, but operations for other ION clients have also been strongly impacted.
A ransomware attack on KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell parent company Yum! Brands shut down 300 restaurants in the United Kingdom and leaked the company's corporate data.
An established cybercrime gang leaked sensitive data, including unredacted child abuse files, after a ransomware attack on San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit Police department.
One of Britain's most popular newspapers, The Guardian, is reporting that a suspected ransomware attack is causing some internal network trouble. The paper's report characterized it as "serious" despite it seemingly not stopping online or offline production of the paper.
Digital city services of Antwerp, Belgium, suffered disruption after a ransomware attack compromised IT provider Digipolis, impacting critical departments including police and fire.
Ransomware attack on the cloud computing company Rackspace caused email outages for thousands of customers forcing it to transfer customers from its Hosted Exchange service to Microsoft 365.
Several New Zealand government agencies were impacted by a ransomware attack on Mercury IT, a 25-employee firm that serves dozens of public and private organizations in the country. New Zealand’s Ministry of Justice and Health New Zealand (Te Whatu Ora) have confirmed being impacted by the cyber incident.
The ransomware attack on AirAsia took place on November 11 and 12, with samples of the stolen personal data being leaked to the group's dark web site about a week later. The posted samples contain employee personal information as well as passenger booking information.
Montenegro is dealing with a brutal ongoing campaign of ransomware attacks that appears to be coming from criminal groups in Russia. Government agencies in Chile have also been hit by a new form of ransomware that targets Linux servers.
