Hackers demand a ransom in bitcoin @ Commune of Willebroek

In January 2020, the commune disclosed that it had been impacted by a cyber attack in which the attackers demanded a ransom be paid in bitcoin to unlock their computers. The commune provided three updates to citizens and staff over the course of one ...

Sensitive data accessed after employee email accounts hacked @ UConn Health

In February 2019, the healthcare company disclosed that an unauthorized third party had accessed employee email accounts after successfully phishing the employees, potentially breaching the privacy of 326,000 patients and some staff. The attackers pot...

‘Ransomware’ halted production sites @ The Picanol Group

In January 2020, the diversified industrial group suffered a large-scale ransomware attack. The attack caused an immediate serious disruption to the group's activities. Though production activities were restarted 'on a step-by-step basis' from the fo...

Malware attack stole payment customer card data @ Landry's, Inc.

In January 2020, the national restaurant chain alerted customers to a data breach that could have exposed their credit-card information. The company explained that they had implemented advanced security on their main point-of sale system, featuring en...

The Onion phishing attack @ The Onion

In May 2013, the satirical news publication suffered a cyber attack where employees were targeted with phishing emails by members of the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA). The SEA used the access to post content to the organisation's official social med...

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