Month: October 2019

Global shipping and mailing services giant Pitney Bowes revealed it was hit by the Ryuk ransomware.

Pitney Bowes has more than 1.5 million clients in about 100 countries. According to a statement made by the company, no evidence that customer or employee data has been improperly accessed.

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The DCH Health System said its hospitals in the west Alabama cities of Tuscaloosa, Northport and Fayette resumed admitting new patients on October 10, 2019. The 3 hospitals were hit on October 1, 2019 by a ransomware attack that paralyzed its systems.

While the hospitals were able to provide critical medical care to some patients during the 10 day period, non-emergency patients were diverted to other hospitals, and the hospital needed to use paper rather than electronic records when providing care.

The amount of ransom paid wasn’t disclosed.

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Three hospitals in Alabama and seven in Australia have been hit with paralyzing ransomware attacks that are affecting their ability to take new patients. All three hospitals that make up the DCH Health System in Alabama were closed to new patients on October 1, 2019, as officials were coping with the attack. All but critical patients were turned away.

At the same time, seven hospitals in Australia were forced to either shut down systems or go into manual operation mode, following a ransomware attache of their information systems.

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