Cybersecurity

Fulton County government outage: Cyberattack brings down phones, court site and tax systems | CNN Business

CNN  —  An ongoing cyberattack against Georgia’s Fulton County, which includes parts of Atlanta, has brought some of the government’s systems to a standstill, halting access to court filings, tax processing and other services. The outage has not been resolved, and it’s unclear when systems would return to normal. The office of the county’s District […]

Cybersecurity

East Texas hospital network can’t receive ambulances because of potential cybersecurity incident | CNN

CNN  —  A network of hospitals in East Texas has not been able to accept ambulances to emergency rooms since Thanksgiving Day because of a “potential [cyber]security incident,” a hospital spokesperson told CNN on Friday. The hospital network, UT Health East Texas, is operating using “established downtime procedures” as the hospital investigates “a potential security incident” and works to bring computers back online, spokesperson Allison Pollan said in an email. Pollan did not respond to subsequent phone calls seeking more information on the incident and how the hospitals were responding. She declined to answer further questions over email. Headquartered in Tyler, Texas, UT Health East Texas operates 10 hospitals and more than 90 clinics in the region, and provides health care to thousands of patients annually, according to its LinkedIn page. The East Texas health care system is […]

Cybersecurity

UNC3944 Is Now Deploying Ransomware Variants

Financially Motivated Hackers Are Diversifying Operations Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • September 15, 2023     Image: Shutterstock A financially motivated criminal syndicate that mainly operates in Telegram and underground forums has expanded its criminal arsenals to deploy ransomware and other intrusion capabilities on various cloud applications, warn Mandiant researchers. See Also: Live Webinar | Best […]