US cyber strategy is missing accountability and a ransomware moonshot
Ten years ago, when everyone hit theaters with Breaking Bad and Frozen, 2013 was called the year of the selfie. It feels like a long time ago, right? Because it. Ten years is an eternity. that’s the first problem New National Cybersecurity Strategy, recently deployed by the Biden administration. He falls short in two key […]
BlackCat ransomware gang posts nude cancer patient photos, information on dark web; hospital refuses to pay
Ransomware gang BlackCat continues to post nude photos and other sensitive information of breast cancer patients on the dark web. morning Call reported on Friday. “We hope this shameful tactic continues,” Brian Downs, president of the Lehigh Valley Health Network, told the outlet. At least three photos of cancer patients undergoing treatment and seven documents […]
Biden admin rolls out cybersecurity strategy aimed at thwarting ‘borderless’ cyber threats, ransomware
The Biden administration on Thursday rolled out a national cybersecurity strategy aimed at protecting the country’s critical infrastructure from a “complex” cross-border and “borderless” cyber threat environment. Officials said the U.S. will “rethink” cyberspace as a tool to “achieve its goals in a way that reflects our values…and our diverse society.” ” The strategy aims […]
US Marshals Service ‘ransomware and data exfiltration event’
The US Marshals Service experienced a ransomware-related incident. NBC News U.S. Marshals Service spokesman Drew Wade reported in a statement that on February 17, the agency said it had discovered “a ransomware and data exfiltration event affecting standalone USMS systems.” increase. “Shortly after its discovery, USMS disconnected the affected systems and the Department of Justice […]
Thousands of students’ health records leaked online after ransomware attack
California school districts announced Wednesday that health records and psychological assessments of thousands of students were posted to the dark web in a September ransomware attack. 74. The school district estimates that the cyberattack exposed confidential records of 2,000 current and former students in the Los Angeles Unified School system, the second largest school district […]
Florida hospital system forced to take IT offline in ransomware attack
A major regional hospital system based in northern Florida resumed seeing patients at clinics Monday, days after security issues forced its IT network to go offline. However, Tallahassee Memorial Health Care is still forced to use paper documents, and non-urgent surgeries and outpatient procedures were canceled on Monday. Some emergency room patients had been diverted […]