The Duvel Moortgat Brewery in Belgium was hit by a ransomware attack, causing the halt of beer production in their bottling facilities. The company’s IT systems detected the attack, leading to an immediate stop in production.
Ransomware attacks can have severe consequences, causing financial losses, reputational damage, and operational disruptions. The methods used to deliver ransomware vary, including phishing emails, malicious websites, and exploiting vulnerabilities in software or operating systems. Cybercriminals often target organizations with weak cybersecurity measures, outdated software, or inadequate employee training on recognizing and preventing phishing attacks. In […]
Colleges and K-12 schools in several states are dealing with ransomware incidents causing outages and leaking sensitive data — a continuation of a trend that has affected campuses nationwide throughout the year. Henry County Schools — a district an hour from Atlanta with dozens of elementary, middle and high schools with more than 44,000 students […]
A ransomware attack on Huber Heights, Ohio, is causing significant problems for several city systems. The community of nearly 45,000 residents outside of Dayton released a notice on Sunday warning that its systems were hit with ransomware at around 8 a.m. “While public safety services are not impacted the following city divisions are affected: Zoning, […]
A Russian flight booking system was hit by a cyberattack on Thursday, causing delays at airports. A “massive” distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on the local airline booking system Leonardo was carried out by “foreign hackers,” reported one of the system’s developers, Russian state defense company Rostec. The incident lasted about an hour and affected the […]