HELLO! FROM THE OFFICE OF PRIVACY & INFORMATION SECURITY
Welcome to our Privacy & Information Security Newsletter. In this edition, we look at ransomware and cybercriminals and how they might impact privacy and information security.
U.S. RECOVERS $2.3 MILLION IN BITCOIN PAID IN THE COLONIAL PIPELINE RANSOM
U.S. law enforcement officials said they were able to recover $2.3 million in bitcoin paid to a criminal cybergroup involved in the crippling ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline.
HOSPITAL PAYS RANSOM IN EXCHANGE FOR PROMISED DATA DESTRUCTION
The recent decision by a Massachusetts-based hospital to pay a ransom in exchange for promises by the attackers to destroy stolen data spotlights the difficult choices and pressure many healthcare entities are facing in the wake of cyberattacks.
RANSOMWARE STRUCK ANOTHER PIPELINE FIRM - AND 70GB OF DATA LEAKED
It appears another pipeline-focused business was also hit by a ransomware crew around the same time as the Colonial Pipeline, but kept its breach quiet, even as 70 gigabytes of its internal files were stolen and dumped onto the dark web.
RANSOMWARE: A COMPANY PAID MILLIONS TO GET THEIR DATA BACK, BUT FORGOT TO DO ONE THING SO THE HACKERS CAME BACK AGAIN
A company that fell victim to a ransomware attack and paid cybercriminals millions for the decryption key to restore their network fell victim to the exact same ransomware gang under two weeks later after failing to examine why the attack was able to happen in the first place.
