- Cybereason published new report on ransomware:
- 56% of organizations have suffered more than one ransomware attack
- 78% who paid ransom, suffered a second attack
- 63% of those hit by second ransomware attack, were hit by higher ransom demands
- 42% of second ransomware attacks were causes by different hacking group
- 47% of those who paid ransom were able to recover all of their files
- 84% pay the ransom
- $1.4 million = average ransom demand from hackers
- 46% of ransomware victims had total costs between $1 million and $10 million
- 16% lost more than $10 million
- 56% of ransomware victims believe hackers were inside network at last 12 months before
ransomware deployed
- Empress Ambulance Service of New York agreed to pay $1.05 million to settle allegations of negligence after a cyber attack exposed 318,558 patients’ PHI. (protected health information)
- The BlackCat ransomware group of Russia is taking credit for the attack on Change Healthcare, a division of United Healthcare Insurance, which has impacted healthcare organizations’ prescription systems across the US.
- Maryville Addiction Centers of New Jersey notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after cyber attack.
- US restaurant chain Golden Corral, headquartered in Fayetteville, North Carolina, notified 183,000 customers that their info was exposed after cyber attack.
- Cencora Pharmaceutical Solutions, headquartered in Pennsylvania, notified an unknown number of people that their info may have been exposed after cyber attack.
- Zalkin Law Firm of San Diego, CA, has been sued for alleged negligence after a cyber attack resulted in exposure of info of 523 sexual abuse victims.
- Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, IL announced that the hacker that hit the hospital with ransomware is now threatening to post the PHI of all of its patients on the Internet if the $3.4 million ransom is not paid.