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Date. February 21, 2024 – present. (2 months, 2 weeks and 1 day) Type. Cyberattack. Suspects. BlackCat. On February 21, 2024, the American company Change Healthcare, a division of UnitedHealth Group, was affected by a ransomware attack. [1] The cyberattack shut down the largest healthcare payment system in the United States.
Kronos was a type of banking Windows malware first reported in 2014. It was sold for $7,000. [1] It was developed as a followup to the UPAS Kit which has been released in 2012. [2] Similar to Zeus, [3] it was focused on stealing banking login credentials from browser sessions via a combination of keylogging and web injection. [4]
Website. malwaretech .com. Marcus Hutchins (born 1994), also known online as MalwareTech, is a British computer security researcher known for stopping the WannaCry ransomware attack. [1] [2] He is employed by cybersecurity firm Kryptos Logic. [3] [4] Hutchins is from Ilfracombe in Devon. [5]
Ultimate Kronos Company, a human resources management company used by several big name brands, corporations and municipalities, was the victim of a ransomware attack on Dec.11. See: The IRS Has...
Overseen by the FBI, the company paid the amount that was asked by the hacker group (75 bitcoin or $4.4 million USD) within several hours; upon receipt of the ransom, an IT tool was provided to the Colonial Pipeline Company by DarkSide to restore the system. However, the tool required a very long processing time to restore the system to a ...
Ransomware is a type of cryptovirological malware that permanently blocks access to the victim's personal data unless a ransom is paid. While some simple ransomware may lock the system without damaging any files, more advanced malware uses a technique called cryptoviral extortion. It encrypts the victim's files, making them inaccessible, and ...
LONDON (Reuters) -China’s biggest lender, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, has paid a ransom to cybercriminals who hacked ICBC last week, a representative of the Lockbit ransomware ...
In mid-May 2021 hospital computer systems and phone lines run by the Waikato District Health Board (DHB) in New Zealand were affected by a ransomware attack. On 25 May, an unidentified group claimed responsibility for the hack and issued an ultimatum to the Waikato DHB, having obtained sensitive data about patients, staff and finances.