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The Blackbaud attack, which affected so many organizations, stated that their attack exposed banking information and passwords.

Just how badly could ransomware disrupt the election, and how worried should we be?

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Michael Gillespie found a new Dharma Ransomware variant that appends the .WSHLP extension. For more of the biggest startups, products and news stories of 2020, click here. But, Bathurst added, smaller governments with fewer resources may still be at a disadvantage due to a lack of resources and trained staff. Last week, BleepingComputer broke the story of ransomware …

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GrujaRS found a new ransomware that appends the .easyransom extension and drops a ransom note named easyransom_readme.txt. At the end of the day, experts say, the tools and principles for defending against ransomware are relatively straightforward, and apply equally to organizations and individuals: Create regular backups of your data that you store offline. This week started with a bang as a large hospital chain was hit by a ransomware attack that disrupted the healthcare industry. "I can just about guarantee you there would be very little commonality amongst the 50 states running the same software across all their systems," he said. Disclaimer. Receive notification when applications open for lists and awards. In North America, the governmental sector topped all listed industries with 15.4% of these bodies reporting a ransomware attack in the previous year.

A decryptor for the ThunderX ransomware has been released by cybersecurity firm Tesorion that lets victims recover their files for free.

dnwls0719 found a new Phobos Ransomware variant that appends the .isos extension to encrypted files. Updated 1451 GMT (2251 HKT) October 15, 2020.