Tag: Data breaches

The software maker says it’s making progress on bringing dealerships back onto its core systems. As CDK Global continues making progress on bringing customers back onto its core platform after a crippling ransomware attack, cybersecurity experts told CRN that the massive disruption to car dealerships is another sign of the trade-offs involved in the growing…

The maker of software used by thousands of car dealerships says June 30 is likely to be the soonest it will be able to recover from last week’s cyberattacks. CDK Global said Tuesday that it expects to need at least through the weekend to recover in the wake of a pair of cyberattacks, with June…

A threat actor ‘obtained certain personal information’ belonging to more than 60,000 customers and stored in the Snowflake platform, according to Neiman Marcus Group. Neiman Marcus Group confirmed Tuesday that it’s among the victims impacted by recent widespread cyberattacks targeting Snowflake customers, in an incident that saw data belonging to more than 60,000 customers potentially…

The maker of software used by thousands of car dealerships has reportedly been in negotiations with threat actors over a ransom payment worth tens of millions of dollars. CDK Global has begun to restore its systems and has been in negotiations with threat actors over a ransom payment, purportedly worth tens of millions of dollars,…

The medical data exposed in the cyberattack earlier this year may have included ‘diagnoses, medicines, test results, images, care and treatment,’ according to Change Healthcare. Change Healthcare disclosed that it now believes sensitive patient medical data was exposed in the widely felt cyberattack earlier this year, as the UnitedHealth-owned company said it is preparing to…

A pair of cyberattacks against software maker CDK continues to impact thousands of car dealerships and has spurred threat actors to launch impersonation attacks. The CDK Global outage affecting thousands of car dealerships continued Friday, while the attempts to recover from cyberattacks earlier this week were compounded by reported impersonation scams targeting dealership staff. While…

The provider of software used by thousands of car dealerships reportedly says it has shut down most of its systems after a pair of attacks. CDK Global, a provider of software used by thousands of car dealerships, has reportedly shut down most of its systems after a pair of cyberattacks in recent days. The first…

The restoration comes more than a month after the attack, and means that patients ‘should see improved efficiencies in appointment scheduling, wait times for appointments and prescription fulfillment.’ The Ascension health system said Friday that access to electronic health records has been fully restored, more than a month after a ransomware attack forced the shut…

According to a ProPublica report, the tech giant was dismissive of an employee’s warnings about a vulnerability later exploited in the widely felt SolarWinds Orion attacks. Microsoft was dismissive of a whistleblower’s warnings about a vulnerability later exploited as part of the widely felt SolarWinds Orion attacks, according to a ProPublica report. The former employee,…

A cybercriminal group is suspected to have stolen data from 165 organizations, Mandiant says. Details disclosed by Mandiant researchers Monday suggest the attacks targeting Snowflake customers had a wider impact than previously suggested, with a “significant” volume of data stolen and more than 100 customers known to be potentially impacted so far. A cybercriminal group…