News and Updates on Information Technology

United States – Port of Kennewick

Exploit: Ransomware
Port of Kennewick: Municipal Agency 

Risk to Small Business: 2.322 = Severe

Ransomware severely impacted operations at this inland port in Washington. Cybercriminals encrypted the port’s systems and demanded $200,000 in ransom to restore access to the port’s servers and files. The port authority, FBI, and an outside contractor have been working to restore full operations.

Customers Impacted: Unknown

How it Could Affect Your Customers’ Business: Ransomware is a huge threat to infrastructure targets as well as businesses, and nation-state actors are most likely to use ransomware in their attacks.

Source:
https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/port-of-kennewick-now-victim-of-cyber-attack/article_2da5b29c-2936-11eb-a2e4-0f3e16c73589.html