Health-Care Providers See Surge in Ransomware Attacks in Europe, U.S. April 3, 2020 By Ryan Gallagher When hackers broke into computers at Hammersmith Medicines Research, a London-based company that carries out clinical trials for new medicines,...
Ransomware Attacks, Funds Demanded Soared in 2019: Beazley March 24, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson The number of ransomware attack notifications against insurance clients increased by 131 percent in 2019 and the funds demanded by...
Russia Blamed for Massive Cyber Attack Against Nation of Georgia in 2019 February 21, 2020 By Jake Rudnitsky and Nikos Chrysoloras Georgia accused Russian military intelligence of organizing a “paralyzing” cyber attack last year and called for a reaction by the...
Travelex’s UK Money Transfer and Wire Services Operational After Ransomware Attack January 29, 2020 Travelex’s UK international money transfer service and wire offering is fully operational again, it said on Tuesday, almost a month...
Forex Firm Travelex Resumes Customer-Facing Operations After Ransomware Attack January 17, 2020 By Noor Zainab Hussain More than two weeks after a crippling ransomware attack forced Travelex staff to use pen and paper to calculate foreign...
Forex Firm Travelex Restores Some Online Services After Ransomware Attack January 14, 2020 Travelex is restoring operations to process foreign exchange orders electronically, it said on Monday, almost two weeks after cyber hackers...
Travelex Ransomware Attack Part of Growing Trend in Cyber Crime: CyberCube January 9, 2020 By L.S. Howard The ransomware attack against U.K. foreign exchange firm Travelex is just a taste of what’s to come with cyber crime,...
Update: U.K.-Based Foreign Exchange Firm, Travelex, Crippled by Ransomware Attack January 8, 2020 By Noor Zainab Hussain and Kirstin Ridley Staff at foreign exchange firm Travelex are using pen and paper to serve thousands of customers after the company said...
Canadian Lab Test Firm, LifeLabs, Pays Ransom After Data Breach December 20, 2019 Lab test provider LifeLabs said Tuesday that it paid a ransom to secure data for Canadians that was stolen in...
Pemex Oil Firm ‘Unaffected’ by Cyber Attack, Says Mexican Minister; Workers Disagree November 15, 2019 A cyber attack on computer networks of the Mexican national oil company Pemex is “totally under control” and did not...