Ransomware attacks on schools threaten student data nationwide
Ransomware attacks on schools are rising, paralyzing districts, shutting down systems and putting student data at risk.
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Ransomware attacks on schools are rising, paralyzing districts, shutting down systems and putting student data at risk.
As McLaren Health Care system works to recover from last week's cyberattack, one Michigan lawmaker wants to increase penalties for hackers who target health systems.
Iranian actors have created fake news sites and impersonated activists in an effort to sway American voters, Microsoft found.
Officials say it is unknown if any patient or employee data was compromised. The IT team is working with security experts to investigate the cyberattack.
Michigan Medicine notified approximately 56,953 patients about a data breach that impacted employee email accounts, and possibly exposed patient health information.
CDK says its dealer software systems will likely be down until the end of the month after ransomware attack.
In letter to clients, company says its systems will be up and running in days, not weeks.
"Everything is frozen, everything is tied up," one auto dealership owner said after cyberattacks crippled software maker CDK Global.
Dearborn Village Ford general sales manager Jay Sturtz says they're resorting to good old-fashioned pen and paper while they wait for CDK to come back online.
Multiple cyberattacks on software maker CDK Global are causing havoc for thousands of car dealerships across the U.S.
After last month's cyberattack on Ascension hospitals nationwide, the health care system released an update on what happened.
Ascension hospitals around the country are still dealing with the fallout from a ransomware attack, and nurses in Metro Detroit are worried about patient safety.
Ascension said that patients are unable to fill prescriptions because of the ongoing data breach that occurred May 8.
Ransomware attack targeted a Nissan virtual private network, the automaker's U.S. subsidiary said.
There is no update on when systems will be restored after a cyberattack was detected at Ascension hospitals nationwide on Wednesday.
In a statement on its website, Roku said it found no evidence that it was the source of the account credentials used in either of the attacks or that Roku's systems were compromised.
AT&T said data found on the "dark web" contains information such as Social Security numbers and passcodes for roughly 73 million current and former customers.
The insurance giant recently purchased Change Healthcare, a company unknown to most Americans, which reportedly suffered a cyberattack.
The University of Michigan said on Monday that hackers were able to get the personal information during a cyberattack back in August.
Clorox is slowly restoring its systems after a hack last month forced the consumer products maker to take them offline.
The University of Michigan announced Wednesday morning that its internet connectivity and Wi-Fi network had been restored after a prolonged outage.
Students are unable to access class schedules or online tools at the start of the new semester.
Software company said service disruptions stemmed from an attack by a cybercriminal group dubbed "Anonymous Sudan."
Victims include Johns Hopkins University, the University of Georgia, the BBC and British Airways.
In a statement on Monday, officials say the attack affected a "third-party vendor we use to host some of our sites."
