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Hinsdale schools struck by ransomware attack | Local News

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HINSDALE, N.H. — The Hinsdale school district is attempting to recover from a ransomware attack that occurred on Thursday morning.

“School district officials are working with Primex, its cyber insurance provider, and a professional cybersecurity response team to assess the situation,” states information release by SAU 29 Superintendent David Ryan. 

In order to support the response team with its forensics evaluation, he wrote, the school district has collected all laptops from students and staff.

“Our schools are operating and staff and students are approaching the school day without technology in valiant”We are working to restore the technology for main office administrative functions first, followed by instructional functions, and we look forward to that happening in the coming days. Our technology director, Justin Therieau, and his staff have responded quite well and are to be commended for their exhaustive efforts thus far, and we thank our cyber response partners for their guidance and partnership.”

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Japanese watchmaker Seiko struck by BlackCat/ ALPHV ransomware attack

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Japanese watchmaker Seiko Group Corp. has been struck by a ransomware attack, with the BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware gang claiming responsibility.

The attack, officially described as a data breach, was disclosed by Seiko on Aug. 10 and is said to have taken place on July 28. According to Seiko, an unidentified party or parties gained unauthorized access to at least one of its servers. The company hired external cybersecurity experts who confirmed that a breach had taken place.

The statement from Seiko notes that the company is verifying the exact nature of the information that was stored on the impacted servers and would provide more information when available, though that was nearly two weeks ago.

Screenshot of the ALPHV leaks site

Exactly what was stolen has emerged on the dark web leak site for the ALPHV ransomware group. According to a statement on its site published this morning, the group has obtained a long list of internal documents, including watch blueprints and designs, sales reports, invoices, employee emails, employee personal data, contracts and audits.

BlackCat/ALHPV claims that since the company refused to negotiate a payment with them, it’s now starting to publish the stolen data.

“All the data belonging to Seiko Group Corporation will be released for free download in closest future in case if we will not make an agreement with their management or we will not met an offer from buyers which we will not be able to refuse,” the group wrote.

Of the initial documents shared, some are in Japanese, but others show what appears to be blueprints and pictures of watch designs, the first page of a 2007 agreement between Seiko and Barclays Bank PLC, and a copy of someone’s passport for good measure.

The publication of a small tranche of stolen documents is typical of modern ransomware groups attempting to force a company to make a ransom payment to stop the further release of the stolen documents. The amount being demanded from Seiko was not disclosed by the group.

BlackCat/ALPHV was previously in the news in June when it targeted Casepoint Inc., a legal discovery technology company. The group was also in the news in April when it targeted retail…

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Hartnell College struck by ransomware attack

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Hartnell College confirmed on Friday that their school’s network had been the target of a ransomware attack. According to the school, the Information and Technology Resources team at the college detected “abnormal network activity.”The school says they manually shut down their network after learning of the intrusion. A third-party forensic team and federal law enforcement were called in to investigate. In a message provided to students, the school told students to look watch their credit reports and account statements for suspicious activity. In that same message, the school gave instructions to students on how to sign up for free fraud alert services.

SALINAS, Calif. —

Hartnell College confirmed on Friday that their school’s network had been the target of a ransomware attack.

According to the school, the Information and Technology Resources team at the college detected “abnormal network activity.”

The school says they manually shut down their network after learning of the intrusion.

A third-party forensic team and federal law enforcement were called in to investigate.

In a message provided to students, the school told students to look watch their credit reports and account statements for suspicious activity. In that same message, the school gave instructions to students on how to sign up for free fraud alert services.

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Iran struck first. ‘Israel’ retaliated massively. Behind the cyber war rattling the Middle East – Haaretz

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Iran struck first. ‘Israel’ retaliated massively. Behind the cyber war rattling the Middle East  Haaretz
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