Ransomware gangs have been hungry for financial industry data and they’ve been stepping up attacks against targets that have it, especially small-time players that tend to have weak security.
Pacific City Bank attacked by ransomware
Personal information for 600,000 patients at DuPage Medical Group compromised during cyberattack
Exposed medical data isn’t just a disaster upfront. Big penalties from state and federal regulators can cause damage that’s hard to recover from.
Hacker Steals $74 Million in Cryptocurrencies, Including Bitcoin and Ethereum
Medical data is a big revenue driver for cybercriminals, but it is an even bigger revenue disaster for the medical practices that lose it to cybercrime.
Envision Credit Union ‘taking all appropriate steps’ after possible cyber attack
Financial services and fintec organizations have been a prime target for hackers recently, and regulators have not been shy about raising the alarm.
Boston Public Library discloses cyberattack, system-wide technical outage
Government and government-adjacent municipal targets have been especially under the gun recently as cybercriminals seek easy routes to gaining big scores of personal data from targets with historically poor security.