Category: Cybersecurity News

As Lurie Children’s Hospital continued to grapple with a system outage for a sixth day on Monday, hospital administrators provided an update in which they recognized the “incovenience and concern” caused to families, employees and community providers. Administration last week revealed the hospital was dealing with a “cybersecurity matter” that resulted in the loss of…

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania state courts agency’s website was hit by a cyberattack that did not appear to compromise any data, but left some online systems disabled, officials said Sunday night.The federal government’s lead cybersecurity agency, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the F.B.I. were investigating the attack, Chief Justice Debra Todd said…

AnyDesk Software, the Germany-based developer of the popular remote access software, informed customers on Friday about a significant security breach.  According to the company, a security audit triggered by suspicious activity led to the discovery that AnyDesk production systems were compromised. Little information has been shared on the attack itself, but AnyDesk has clarified that…

CHICAGO (CBS) — Frustrations are growing for families dealing with the network outage at Lurie Children’s Hospital. It has been five days now. The cyber security attack took all computers, internet and phones offline, making access to care and critical information inaccessible. In the last five days, no patients have been able to go to their scheduled…

The college says they became aware of an online issue on Jan. 19, and students were unable to login to the school’s online portal, Moodle. PORTLAND, Ore. — After a cyberattack closed Clackamas Community College for nearly a week, students are back in class.  The college says they became aware of an online issue on Jan.…

Fulton County, Ga., Cyber Attack Causing Major Outages

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CBS News Live CBS News Philadelphia Live HARRISBURG, Pa. (CBS) — After two cyberattacks on public infrastructure in recent months in Pennsylvania, legislators and cybersecurity experts will speak in a public hearing about safeguarding vulnerable tech infrastructure in the commonwealth.Last week, Bucks County’s computer-aided dispatch used by 911 dispatchers was hacked by the Akira ransomware group. Service…

French multinational Schneider Electric said its Sustainability Business division suffered from a ransomware attack earlier this month.The company confirmed the incident in a statement this week that the attack affected its Resource Advisory product — a data visualization tool for sustainability information — as well as other “division specific systems.” Schneider Electric said they have…

The Fulton County Commission Chairman Robb Pitts said they are not aware of any transfer of sensitive, personal information regarding employees or citizens so far. FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — The Fulton County government is investigating a cybersecurity incident that caused a widespread system outage. Fulton County Commission Chairman Robb Pitts stated Monday afternoon that so…