Security News

Major IT outage at Europe's largest caravan and RV club makes for not-so-happy campers
2024-01-24 17:30

The UK's Caravan and Motorhome Club is battling a suspected cyberattack with members reporting widespread IT outages for the past five days. Multiple CAMC members approached The Register to complain about the outages, which according to their accounts have caused near-total digital disruption at the company that represents 1 million members.

Tietoevry ransomware attack causes outages for Swedish firms, cities
2024-01-21 20:13

Finnish IT services and enterprise cloud hosting provider Tietoevry has suffered a ransomware attack impacting cloud hosting customers in one of its data centers in Sweden, with the attack reportedly conducted by the Akira ransomware gang. Tietoevry confirmed today that the ransomware attack occurred Friday night into Saturday morning and has impacted only one of their data centers in Sweden.

Jira down: Atlassian outage affecting multiple cloud services
2024-01-18 09:47

Multiple Atlassian Jira products are experiencing an ongoing outage as of this morning. BleepingComputer can confirm that Jira services are experiencing connection issues since this morning, at least as of 3:45 AM Eastern time.

Major T-Mobile outage takes down account access, mobile app
2024-01-11 23:21

A major T-Mobile outage is preventing customers from logging into their accounts and using the company's mobile app. T-Mobile users trying to access their accounts receive an error warning that the mobile carrier's website has been "Unplugged."

Box cloud storage down amid 'critical' outage
2023-12-15 15:36

Cloud storage provider Box is down in a 'critical' outage, preventing customers from accessing their files. The outage started at approximately 9 AM ET, with the company stating that it is a critical outage impacting logins, uploads, downloads, and API calls.

ALPHV ransomware site outage rumored to be caused by law enforcement
2023-12-08 18:30

A law enforcement operation is rumored to be behind an outage affecting ALPHV ransomware gang's websites over the last 30 hours. BleepingComputer suspects that the ransomware gang may have suffered potential law enforcement action after their recent activities, which was also hinted at by others.

Capital Health Hospitals hit by cyberattack causing IT outages
2023-11-30 19:12

Capital Health hospitals and physician offices across New Jersey are experiencing IT outages after a cyberattack hit the non-profit organization's network earlier this week. Capital Health confirmed that both hospitals are currently accepting incoming patients, including emergency rooms and all other locations, under protocols established for system downtime.

Staples confirms cyberattack behind service outages, delivery issues
2023-11-30 17:22

American office supply retailer Staples took down some of its systems earlier this week after a cyberattack to contain the breach's impact and protect customer data.The disclosure comes after multiple Reddit reports posted online since Monday reported various Staples internal operation problems, including an inability to access Zendesk, VPN employee portals, print email, use phone lines, and more.

British Library: Ongoing outage caused by ransomware attack
2023-11-17 13:37

The British Library confirmed that a ransomware attack is behind a major outage that is still affecting services across several locations. Although the library confirmed this was caused by ransomware, it still has to link the attack to a specific operation and reveal what employee and/or user personal or financial information was accessed or stolen from its systems, if any.

Russian Hackers Sandworm Cause Power Outage in Ukraine Amidst Missile Strikes
2023-11-10 12:22

The notorious Russian hackers known as Sandworm targeted an electrical substation in Ukraine last year, causing a brief power outage in October 2022. "The actor first used OT-level living-off-the-land techniques to likely trip the victim's substation circuit breakers, causing an unplanned power outage that coincided with mass missile strikes on critical infrastructure across Ukraine," the company said.