Ransomware

What Happened The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed an indictment Sept. 14 charging three Iranian nationals with allegedly running a massive, global ransomware operation that hacked into the computer networks of multiple U.S. victims, including several in the Garden State. The indictment charges Mansour Ahmadi, Ahmad Khatibi Aghda and Amir Hossein Nickaein Ravari of engaging […]

What Happened Cybercriminals have breached Accenture in an apparent ransomware attack but the global consulting giant says the incident was immediately contained with no impact on it or its systems. The LockBit ransomware gang announced the attack Tuesday night on its dark web leak site, setting a deadline of Thursday evening for payment. Accenture said

Ransomware is rapidly surfacing at pandemic rates.  Research shows that a business is attacked every 11 seconds and attacks are estimated to cost businesses approximately $20 Billion dollars this upcoming year! There are fundamental ways to protect your organization and close the gaps. Here is the 2020 year in review: January Starting with January, let’s look

CyrusOne confirmed a ransomware attack to its managed services division and said the attack affected six customers served primarily from its New York data center, located in Wappingers Falls, New York. The company said it was “working to restore availability issues to six managed service customers due to a ransomware program encrypting certain devices.” Related: Ransomware Has