Security News > 2020 > November > Brazil's court system under massive RansomExx ransomware attack
Brazil's Superior Court of Justice was hit by a ransomware attack on Tuesday during judgment sessions that were taking place over video conference.
"The Superior Court of Justice announces that the court's information technology network suffered a hacker attack on Tuesday, during the afternoon, when the six group classes' judgment sessions took place," STJ President Humberto Martins said in an official statement on the Supreme Federal Court's website.
"The Secretariat for Information and Communication Technology is working on systems recovery to restore all court services as quickly as possible."
Two days after the ransomware attack took place, the Superior Court of Justice website and systems are still offline until all systems will be fully restored.
According to an anonymous source, Pernambuco State Court of Justice systems were also hit by RansomExx on October 27, with their files being encrypted using the.
News URL
Related news
- JPCERT shares Windows Event Log tips to detect ransomware attacks (source)
- Ransomware attack forces UMC Health System to divert some patients (source)
- Underground ransomware claims attack on Casio, leaks stolen data (source)
- Casio confirms customer data stolen in a ransomware attack (source)
- Schools bombarded by nation-state attacks, ransomware gangs, and everyone in between (source)
- Astaroth Banking Malware Resurfaces in Brazil via Spear-Phishing Attack (source)
- BianLian ransomware claims attack on Boston Children's Health Physicians (source)
- Microsoft: Ransomware Attacks Growing More Dangerous, Complex (source)
- Tech giant Nidec confirms data breach following ransomware attack (source)
- Crypt Ghouls Targets Russian Firms with LockBit 3.0 and Babuk Ransomware Attacks (source)