Cyberattacks on critical infrastructure can have a tremendous impact on a country’s economy. A massive ransomware attack has now forced-shut an oil pipeline that pumps 100 million gallons of fuel a day in the U.S. Another ransomware attack struck the City of Tulsa; the fear of data theft hovers over local agencies. Continue reading to know how criminals bagged millions from cryptocurrency scams and other top highlights from the weekend.
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A ransomware attack on the USA’s Colonial Pipeline, which carries 45% of all the fuel needed on the USA’s East Coast, triggered a regional emergency declaration permitting the transport of fuel by road.
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The City of Tulsa was crippled by a ransomware attack, impacting the government’s network and knocking off their official websites offline.
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Microsoft is alerting against a massive BEC campaign that targeted over 120 organizations across industries with a gift card scam that involves typo-squatted domains.
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Accellion FTA breach is spiraling into a chain reaction as the city of Chicago claimed stolen employee emails via Jones Day, a law firm and a client of Accellion.
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A cryptocurrency scam hits some members of Reddit’s WallStreetBets forum causing a loss of $2 million. Criminals misled people in a fake transaction on Telegram.
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The FBI and the ACSC, Australia, warned against ongoing Avaddon ransomware campaigns targeting organizations from across sectors in the U.S. and worldwide.
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ATC Transportation experienced a data incident involving theft of personal information of some current and former employees and applicants.
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A threat actor was found adding malicious servers to the Tor network in order to intercept traffic and perform SSL stripping attacks on users accessing cryptocurrency services.
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Hackers jumped on the bandwagon of Elon Musk’s SNL appearance and swindled cryptocurrency worth over a million dollars by hacking into verified Twitter accounts and impersonating SNL.
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A group of researchers traced down data leak sites for 34 ransomware groups who have, so far, leaked the data for 2,103 organizations.
