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Laptop and tablet accessories maker Targus disclosed that it suffered a cyberattack disrupting operations after a threat actor gained access to the company's file servers. Targus is a mobile accessories company known for stylish laptop bags and carrying cases.
UK veterinary services provider CVS Group has announced that it suffered a cyberattack that disrupted IT services at its practices across the country. CVS Group operates 500 veterinary practices throughout the UK, Australia, the Netherlands, and the Republic of Ireland, including nine specialist referral hospitals, 39 dedicated out-of-hours sites, three laboratories, and seven pet crematoria.
Hoya Corporation, one of the largest global manufacturers of optical products, says a "System failure" caused servers at some of its production plants and business divisions to go offline on Saturday."The day before yesterday, we learned that the Group's head quarter and several of its business divisions have experienced an IT system incident," Hoya said in a statement published on Monday.
Texas-based Omni Hotels & Resorts has been responding to a cyberattack that started last Friday, which resulted in the unavailability of many of its IT systems. According to people staying at some of the 50 properties the company operates across Northern America, who took to Reddit to vent and discuss the problem, the outage affected reservation and check-in systems, room key cards, and payment systems.
Omni Hotels & Resorts has confirmed a cyberattack caused a nationwide IT outage that is still affecting its locations. "Since Friday, March 29, Omni Hotels & Resorts has been responding to a cyberattack on its systems. Upon learning of this issue, Omni immediately took steps to shut down its systems to protect and contain its data," the hotel chain told BleepingComputer.
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MarineMax, self-described as one of the world's largest recreational boat and yacht retailers, says attackers stole employee and customer data after breaching its systems in a March cyberattack. The Florida-based yacht seller said in a March 12 SEC filing that it didn't store sensitive data in the compromised systems.
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According to the report, titled Mission Critical: Unlocking the UK AI Opportunity Through Cybersecurity, cyberattacks currently cost the U.K. an estimated £87 billion each year. In a foreword to this new report, Microsoft UK CEO Claire Barclay said the U.K. could only meet its AI aspirations if businesses invested in cybersecurity processes and upgraded their security toolkits to match those of bad actors.
In what was originally being called a serious IT outage at the end of last week, the union confirmed to The Register today that the incident is now being treated as an attack, the full extent of which is still being assessed. The CWU told us on March 22 that its email services weren't working and that it has engaged third-party cybersecurity experts who have been on site since 0900 UTC on March 21.