Ransomware Attack Prompts Multistate Hospital Chain to Divert Emergency Room Patients November 29, 2023 By Jonathan Mattise NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A ransomware attack has prompted a health care chain that operates 30 hospitals in six states...
Federal Cyber Insurance Backstop Is Warranted With Focus on Catastrophic Risk November 28, 2023 By Chad Hemenway Much more work and collaboration needs to be done but the U.S. Treasury has reached a “tentative conclusion” that a...
K-12 Schools Improve Protection, but Many Still Vulnerable to Ransomware November 21, 2023 By Alanna Durkin Richer WASHINGTON (AP) — Some K-12 public schools are racing to improve protection against the threat of online attacks, but lax...
FBI Struggled to Disrupt Dangerous Casino Hacking Gang, Cyber Responders Say November 14, 2023 By Zeba Siddiqui, Christopher Bing and Raphael Satter SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON —The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has struggled to stop a hyper-aggressive cybercrime gang that’s been tormenting...
Ransomware, Extortion Claims See ‘Worrying Resurgence,’ Says Allianz November 8, 2023 By Insurance Journal Following two years of high but stable loss activity, 2023 has seen a “worrying resurgence” in ransomware and extortion claims...
Kansas Court System Down Nearly 2 Weeks in ‘Security Incident’ that Has Hallmarks of Ransomware October 27, 2023 By Heather Hollingsworth and John Hanna TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas officials are calling a massive computer outage that’s kept most of the state’s courts offline...
A Security Problem Has Taken Down Computer Systems for Almost All Kansas Courts October 19, 2023 By John Hanna TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Computer systems for almost all of Kansas` courts have been offline for five days because of...
Casino Giant MGM Expects $100M Hit from Hack that Led to Data Breach October 6, 2023 By Zeba Siddiqui MGM Resorts International said on Thursday a cyberattack last month that disrupted its operations would cause a $100 million hit...
MGM Resorts Computers Back Up After 10 Days as Analysts Eye Effects September 22, 2023 By Ken Ritter LAS VEGAS (AP) — MGM Resorts brought to an end a 10-day computer shutdown prompted by efforts to shield from...
Attacks on Casino Giants Heralds Resurgence in Ransomware Demands September 21, 2023 By Jim Sams Cyberattacks on MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment last week show that ransomware gangs continue to be a major threat...