cisa Cybersecurity agency warns of 'imminent, increased cybercrime threat to U.S. hospitals and healthcare providers" Xeni Jardin
hack Hacked hospital chain Universal Health Services says all 250 U.S. facilities hobbled by attack Xeni Jardin
ransomware "Suspected ransomware attack" takes down Universal Health Services hospital network, doctors and nurses are using paper Xeni Jardin
now you've got two problems After ransomware took Baltimore hostage, Maryland introduces legislation that bans disclosing the bugs ransomware exploits Cory Doctorow
bleepingcomputer The penniless hero of the ransomware epidemic has written more decryptors than anyone else Cory Doctorow
markets for lemons Why haven't cyberinsurers exerted more pressure on companies to be better at security? Cory Doctorow
if all you have is a $600 hammer everything looks like an f-35 Information security and warfare metaphors: a toxic mix made in hell Cory Doctorow
ransomware How insurance companies are fueling a rise in ransomware attacks by paying the ransom Mark Frauenfelder
Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency 2020 Elections: Ransomware attacks on voter registration databases and systems feared by cybersecurity officials Xeni Jardin
a city is a computer we put people into More than 20 Texas cities and towns have been taken hostage by ransomware Cory Doctorow
e pluribus unum US Conference of Mayors adopts a resolution to never pay off ransomware attackers Cory Doctorow
ransomware Less than 1 week after Florida town pays ransomware gang ~$600K, another Florida town votes to pay ~$500K in BTC to ransomware gang Xeni Jardin
red mosquito Report: UK "Ransomware consultants" Red Mosquito promise to unlock your data, but they're just paying off the criminals (and charging you a markup!) Cory Doctorow
lessons of baltimore Learning from Baltimore's disaster, Florida city will pay criminals $600,000 to get free of ransomware attack Cory Doctorow
samsam The government of Baltimore has been taken hostage by ransomware and may remain shut down for weeks Cory Doctorow
monstercloud Grifty "information security" companies promised they could decrypt ransomware-locked computers, but they were just quietly paying the ransoms Cory Doctorow
