Security News > 2022 > February > The Week in Ransomware - February 4th 2022 - Critical Infrastructure
Critical infrastructure suffered ransomware attacks, with threat actors targeting an oil petrol distributor and oil terminals in major ports in different attacks.
Oil terminals in major ports disclosed that they too suffered ransomware attacks.
If critical infrastructure was not bad enough, the Conti ransomware gang attacked British snacks giant KP Snacks, causing disruptions in the supply chain.
February 4th 2022 Swissport ransomware attack delays flights, disrupts operations.
Aviation services company Swissport International has disclosed a ransomware attack that has impacted its IT infrastructure and services, causing flights to suffer delays.
A threat brief published by the US Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday paints a grim picture of how Ireland's health service, the HSE, was overwhelmed and had 80% of its systems encrypted during last year's Conti ransomware attack.
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