Security News > 2020 > December > The Week in Ransomware - December 4th 2020 - Education under attack
It has been another rough week for the enterprise and education as ransomware continues to impact business operations and shut down schools.
Ransomware operators have attacked the Huntsville City Schools district in Alabama, forcing them to shut down schools for the rest of the week and possibly next week.
Clop ransomware is claiming to have stolen 2 million credit cards from E-Land Retail over a one-year period ending with last months ransomware attack.
Georgia dental practice discovers it was attacked by ransomware when the attackers call them on the phone Galstan & Ward Family and Cosmetic Dentistry is a dental practice in Georgia.
On September 9, 2020, they learned that they had been a victim of a ransomware attack - or an attempted attack - when they got a phone call from a group claiming to have attacked them and demanding a ransom.
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