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Two New Jersey Hospitals Impacted Ransomware Cyberattack

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Westwood NJ, Two hospitals in New Jersey are currently unable to admit new patients following a ransomware cyberattack that potentially exposed patient information. The affected hospitals, Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center in Montclair and Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center in Westwood, both under the Ardent Health Services umbrella, have implemented patient diversion measures, redirecting incoming patients to nearby emergency rooms.

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Major Uptick in Ransomware Attacks on New Jersey Businesses and Institutions

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Ridgewood NJ, according to Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) 2024 Homeland Threat Assessment  in the past month, there has been an uptick in reported ransomware incidents as threat actors continue to target New Jersey private organizations and the public sector, including school districts and local municipalities. The threat actors exploited security vulnerabilities and misconfigured devices to infiltrate systems and networks and encrypt them with ransomware variants, such as Cl0P, BlackCat, LockBit, and Akira. As a result of the attacks, files were at risk of exfiltration and contained personally identifiable information (PII) of users and customers of the victim organizations.

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Six Individuals Including One from New Jersey Charged in Multimillion-Dollar Global Ransomware Scheme

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Edison NJ, five men were charged in an indictment and a New Jersey woman pleaded guilty in connection with a transnational technical support scam that targeted more than 20,000 victims, many of whom were elderly, in the United States and Canada, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.

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Two Charged for Participation in Lockbit Global Ransomware Campaign Extracting $100 million dollars in Ransom Payments

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Newark NJ,  a Russian and Canadian national has been charged with participating in the LockBit global ransomware campaign, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco, Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, and FBI-Newark Special Agent in Charge James E. Dennehy announced today.

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Department of Justice Seizes $2.3 Million in Cryptocurrency Paid to the Ransomware Extortionists Darkside

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Linden NJ, The Department of Justice today announced that it has seized 63.7 bitcoins currently valued at approximately $2.3 million. These funds allegedly represent the proceeds of a May 8, ransom payment to individuals in a group known as DarkSide, which had targeted Colonial Pipeline, resulting in critical infrastructure being taken out of operation. The seizure warrant was authorized earlier today by the Honorable Laurel Beeler, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of California.

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Microsoft Exchange Servers Targeted by Hackers and Cryptocurrency miners

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Ridgewood NJ, hackers continue to target vulnerable Exchange servers, with a ten-fold increase in the number of attempted attacks from March 11 and March 15, 2021 alone. In addition to the nation-state hackers that first exploited several zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange, ransomware threat actors and cryptocurrency miners are also targeting vulnerable servers. According to Microsoft, a new ransomware family known as DearCry is infecting networks after initial Exchange server compromises.

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Department of Justice Launches Coordinated International law Enforcement Action Against NetWalker Ransomware

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Washington DC, the Department of Justice today announced a coordinated international law enforcement action to disrupt a sophisticated form of ransomware known as NetWalker.

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Learn From A Leader; Guardian Digital Email Threats Trending Today And How To Stay Safe While Working Remotely

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Ridgewood NJ, We all face increased digital risk and a new #cybersecurity reality due to COVID-19. Join us for a free webinar on Wednesday May 27th from 11:30-12:30pm and learn from a leader in the industry about email threats trending today and how to stay safe while working remotely.

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Dozens of countries hit by huge cyberextortion attack

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NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of countries were hit with a huge cyberextortion attack Friday that locked up computers and held users’ files for ransom at a multitude of hospitals, companies and government agencies.

It was believed to the biggest attack of its kind ever recorded.

The malicious software behind the onslaught appeared to exploit a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows that was supposedly identified by the National Security Agency for its own intelligence-gathering purposes and was later leaked to the internet.

https://apnews.com/e8402f2faf934f7ab5419d4961d3dafe/Global-extortion-cyberattack-hits-dozens-of-nations