Hack of Leading Japanese Dating App Could Expose Personal Data of 2 Million Users May 24, 2021 By Shoko Oda A leading Japanese matchmaking app was hacked, likely exposing the personal information of more than 1.7 million account holders, in...
CNA Paid $40 Million in Ransom After March Cyber Attack May 21, 2021 By Kartikay Mehrotra and William Turton CNA Financial Corp., among the largest insurance companies in the U.S., paid $40 million in late March to regain control...
Irish Health Service Hackers Offer Decryption Key – but $20M Ransom Demand Remains May 21, 2021 By Ryan Gallagher and Peter Flanagan A day after threatening to publicly release patient data, the hackers who targeted Ireland’s health service offered a decryption key...
Irish Patient Data May Have Been Posted on Dark Web After Cyber Attack: Minister Says May 20, 2021 By Peter Flanagan Reports of Irish patient data posted online after a cyber attack on Ireland’s health service appear to be accurate, a...
Ransomware Attacks Hit AXA’s Asia Units, New Zealand Health Provider May 19, 2021 By Chalida Ekvitthayavechnukul and Nick Perry BANGKOK (AP) – The Thai affiliate of Paris-based insurance company AXA said Tuesday it is investigating a ransomware attack by...
Pipeline Ransomware Attack Stirs Debate on Whether Insurance Attracts Hackers May 17, 2021 By Katherine Chiglinsky and Jamie Tarabay The ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline Co. that caused gasoline shortages along the U.S. East Coast also sparked a debate...
Under Pressure, Ransomware Gangs Claim They’re Shutting Down May 17, 2021 By Joseph Menn Multiple ransomware groups claimed they were shutting down or scaling back operations on Friday as the U.S. government ramped up...
Cyber Ransom Payments Set a Bad Precedent But Happen Often May 14, 2021 By Kartikay Mehrotra and Michael Riley The U.S. government’s fight to choke off ransom payments collected by hackers hit a major snag Thursday, following news that...
Ireland’s Health Service Operator Hit by ‘Significant’ Ransomware Attack May 14, 2021 By Padraic Halpin and Conor Humphries DUBLIN – Ireland’s health service operator shut down all its IT systems on Friday to protect them from a “significant”...
DarkSide Hacking Group Blamed for Ransomware Attack on Toshiba Unit May 14, 2021 PARIS – Toshiba Tec France Imaging System said on Friday that DarkSide, the hacking group blamed for crippling a major...