Cybersecurity

Ransomware gang seeks $3.4 million after attacking children’s hospital

A ransomware gang is seeking $3.4 million after attacking a children’s hospital in Chicago, forcing staff to resort to manual processes to provide care to patients. The attack on Lurie Children’s Hospital was announced earlier this month, when officials said they had been forced to take their entire network offline due to an unspecified “cybersecurity […]

Cybersecurity

Paying ransoms is becoming a cost of doing business for many – Help Net Security

Today’s pervasive cyberattacks are forcing the majority of companies to pay ransoms and break their ‘do not pay’ policies, with data recovery deficiencies compounding the problem, according to Cohesity. In fact, most companies have paid a ransom in the last two years, and the vast majority expect the threat of cyberattacks to increase significantly in […]

Cybersecurity

Several Colombian government ministries hampered by ransomware attack

Multiple prominent government ministries in Colombia are responding to a ransomware attack that is forcing officials to make significant operational changes. This week, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection, the country’s Judiciary Branch and the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce announced that a cyberattack on technology provider IFX Networks Colombia had caused a range […]