Category: Cybersecurity News

Cybersecurity Poses Growing Threat to Minnesota Cities

#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } In a press release on Ardent Health Services website this week, it stated that its investigation on the ransomware incident that impacted its network in November of 2023, “Has revealed that an unauthorized actor extracted copies of documents that…

MADISON (WKOW) — Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin  (GHC-SCW) announced the health system experienced a “potential cyber security event” Wednesday evening. A news release stated the January 24 event was “quickly identified.” GHC-SCW secured its IT systems that have internet access “in an abundance of caution.”That action caused some services to go offline to…

MADISON, Wis. — Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin said in a statement that a “potential cyber security event” resulted in some services being unavailable Thursday evening.A spokesperson for the healthcare provider said that all IT systems with internet access were secured after the issue was identified. Services including GHCMyChart and the provider’s telephone lines…

Washington County’s government offices and courthouse were hit by a cyberattack, prompting county officials to shut down the phone and computer systems Wednesday morning after malware “phishing activity” was detected on the server.All telephones and computers throughout Washington County’s government offices and courthouse were shut down by county officials Wednesday morning as a proactive measure…

Data compromises were more abundant and organizations were less forthright about the root cause of cyberattacks throughout 2023, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center’s annual data breach report. The number of data compromises reported in the U.S. last year jumped 78% to a record high of 3,205 incidents, the non-profit organization said Thursday. These…

While school districts have a heightened awareness of cyber attacks and are increasingly improving their defense systems, most indicate that they still need dedicated personnel to better protect their data in addition to stronger collaboration from staff, according to an annual survey by the school software company Clever.Clever’s 27-page report, released this week and assessing…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – Cyber-attacks are becoming more common and more damaging, affecting small businesses to government agencies.On Tuesday the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority confirmed a cyberattack hit its regional call centers.Regional Ride KC Centers were affected the most, not being able to receive calls. KCATA’s landline was also cut off.KCATA said once…

Financial technology firm EquiLend was hit with a cyberattack this week which forced several of its systems offline and may require several days to recover from.The company, which was founded in 2000 by several of the world’s largest financial firms, directed Recorded Future News to a statement saying it identified a technical issue on January…