Carnival hit by ransomware attack: Hackers steal passenger information

Carnival hit by cyber attack: Hackers steal personal information of cruise giant’s passengers and staff By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 18 August 2020 | Updated: 23:13 BST, 18 August 2020 The personal information of Carnival’s passengers and staff has been stolen by hackers, it emerged yesterday. The embattled cruise giant … Read more

Garmin acknowledges cyberattack, doesn’t mention ransomware

The GPS device maker Garmin acknowledged on Monday that it was victimized by a cyberattack last week that encrypted some of its systems, knocking its fitness tracking and pilot navigation services offline. It said systems would be fully restored in the next few days. In an online statement, the company did not specify that it … Read more

Will Garmin pay $10 Million ransom in order to bring to an end ransomware attack after three days?

The computer networks of smartwatch and electronics firm Garmin have been offline for a fourth consecutive day after becoming the apparent victim of a ransomware attack affecting both its aviation and fitness app services. The company said on Twitter that its website and Garmin Connect fitness app had been offline since Thursday. It said the … Read more

Hackers used ransomware to extort $1.4m via UCSF networks

Hackers used ransomware to take over parts of UC San Francisco’s network and extorted $1.14million in exchange for returning access to their files University of California San Francisco lost control of some of its files in a hack Ransomware was used to encrypt files and UCSF agreed to pay for their return UCSF hasn’t said … Read more