Ukraine energy ministry website infected by Ransomware

The BBC is reporting that the Ukraines’s energy ministry’s website has been taken off-line by ransomware attack involving two different attacks. The website currently contains a message written in English, demanding a ransom of 0.1 bitcoin – worth $927.86 (£664.98) by today’s exchange rate… According to cyber-security research firm AlienVault…, the energy ministry website has…

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Barts Health IT still down four days after cyber-attack

Digital Health is reporting that Barts Health NHS Trust has not fully restored IT systems four days after detecting a cyber-attack. Barts Health NHS Trust told staff on Friday morning that it had shut down some of its IT systems to deal with “ransomware virus attack issues”… The trust later clarified that the attack was…

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