The LockBit ransomware group this week claimed responsibility for a November ransomware attack on a public broadcasting affiliate in Sacramento, California. The attack was announced by the station, KVIE, on November 23, and they took their systems offline, notified law enforcement and hired experts to investigate the incident. The mission-critical systems were segmented from the business network, meaning the website and broadcast were not affected, and the group did not gain access to the stations payroll, membership or accounting systems. KVIE president and general manager David Lowe confirmed that a ransom was demanded by LockBit, which the station decided not to pay, instead restoring what it could from backups. On Tuesday, Lowe said that LockBit is now threatening to leak the data stolen during the attack. This is the second known ransomware attack on a PBS station after an Iowa affiliate was attacked in early November by the Royal ransomware group. Cybersecurity expert Dominic Alvieri said that Lockbit added 12 other new victims to its leak site this week.
This Cyber News was published on therecord.media. Publication date: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 20:54:02 +0000