More details have emerged in the last couple of weeks of the significant impact of the ransomware attack on the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) that began on Xmas Eve. Nearly 4 weeks on, it has emerged that the email system is still down and that emails submitted since the attack began cannot be accessed. […]
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The National Cyber Security Centre has issued a specific alert to higher education institutions after a recent spike in attacks. In particular, both Northumbria and Newcastle Universities have come under attack in the last few weeks. These attacks come at the most critical time in the academic year, as universities recruit new students and prepare
A number of prominent UK universities are amongst hundreds of organisations globally whose data has been stolen in a ransomware attack on cloud-computing provider Blackbaud. Remarkably, it has emerged that Blackbaud was attacked back in May but waited two months to inform its users. It has also emerged that they paid an undisclosed ransom in
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The BBC have published a fascinating birds-eye view of a ransomware attack at the University of California San Francisco this week. Acting on a tip-off, the BBC were able to follow the on-line ransom negotiations as they happened, culminating in the payment of $1.14m. We can only speculate, but the willingness of the university to
There is a strong sense of “situation no change” as the 2020s began with three high-profile IT problems in the UK Financial Services Sector. Firstly, the on-line banking services and mobile apps for Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland (all part of the Lloyds Banking Group) were all disrupted on New Year’s Day. The disruption
Just over 1 month on from the WannaCry attack, there have been reports about a significant ransomware attack on University College London. The attacks impacted shared drives, with detailed instructions given out on the university website. By 2.30pm on 16th June, users were told that the ‘first phase of share folders will come back online this
