Academic health research institution the University of California, San Francisco and business process services company Conduent have emerged as two of the latest prominent victims of organized ransomware attacks.
UCSF was targeted by the NetWalker (aka MailTo) ransomware group, as evidenced by a post on the cyber gang’s data leak website, while it was the Maze group that claimed Conduent as a victim online.
Both of these ransomware operators not only encrypt their targets’ files, but also publish stolen files on a piecemeal basis unless and until the victim pays up. A reliable source sent SC Media an image from both NetWalker’s and Maze’s postings.
Both UCSF and Conduent acknowledged their respective incidents, sharing limited details.
“On June 1, 2020, our internal monitoring controls discovered an illegal intrusion into a specific area of our IT environment, and we took prompt action to address it,” said UCSF in a statement. “We believe our actions isolated the intrusion to the area that was targeted. Our patient care delivery operations have not been affected by the incident.”
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