Exploit: Ransomware
Port of Kennewick: Municipal Agency
Risk to Small Business: 2.322 = Severe Ransomware severely impacted operations at this inland port in Washington. Cybercriminals encrypted the port’s systems and demanded $200,000 in ransom to restore access to the port’s servers and files. The port authority, FBI, and an outside contractor have been working to restore full operations.
Individual Risk: No personal or consumer information was reported as impacted in this incident so far, but it is still being remediated.
Customers Impacted: Unknown
How it Could Affect Your Customers’ Business: Ransomware is a huge threat to infrastructure targets as well as businesses, and nation-state actors are most likely to use ransomware in their attacks.
Risk Levels:
1 - 1.5 = Extreme Risk
1.51 - 2.49 = Severe Risk
2.5 - 3 = Moderate Risk
*The risk score is calculated using a formula that considers a wide range of factors related to the assessed breach.
