Dutch Research Council (NWO) confirms ransomware attack, data leak
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The recent cyberattack that forced the Dutch Research Council (NWO) to take its servers offline and suspend grant allocation processes was caused by the DoppelPaymer ransomware gang.
The hackers gained access to NWO’s network on February 8 and stole internal documents, threatening with leaking them unless the organization paid a ransom.
No dime for DoppelPaymer
Since NWO does not cooperate with cybercriminals, DoppelPaymer published proof of the stolen internal data on their leak site. This tactic is typical to ransomware gangs and the purpose is to pressure victims into paying the ransom.
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Government innovation institute suspends two services following suspected ransomware attack
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Sensitive personal data not accessed – so what about names and contact deets?
Gareth Corfield Mon 1 Feb 2021 // 16:24 UTC Share
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UK Research and Innovation, the British government s science and research organisation, has temporarily turned off a couple of its web-facing services after an apparent ransomware attack.
In a statement issued last week while everyone was gazing goggle-eyed at the European Union s vaccine export struggles, UKRI said data from its Brussels-based UK Research Office (UKRO) and an extranet service had been encrypted by a third party . We have reported the incident to the National Crime Agency, the National Cyber Security Centre and Information Commissioner s Office, said UKRI, which apologised to all affected and added that analysis of the attack was ongoing.