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|19 August 2019<ref name=":Tex1">Kate Fazzini, [https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/19/alarm-in-texas-as-23-towns-hit-by-coordinated-ransomware-attack.html “Alarm in Texas as 23 towns hit by ‘coordinated’ ransomware attack”], 19 August 2019.</ref> |
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|Unclear<ref name=":Tex2">Manny Fernandez, Mihir Zaveri and Emily S. Rueb, [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/20/us/texas-ransomware.html “Ransomware Attack Hits 22 Texas Towns, Authorities Say”], 20 August 2019. </ref>, most likely a single threat actor.<ref name=":Tex3">Texas Department of Information Resources, [https://dir.texas.gov/View-About-DIR/Article-Detail.aspx?id=209 “Update on the August 2019 Texas Cyber Incident”], 20 August 2019.</ref> |
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|22 small towns in Texas, U.S.<ref>Bobby Allyn, [https://www.npr.org/2019/08/20/752695554/23-texas-towns-hit-with-ransomware-attack-in-new-front-of-cyberassault “22 Texas Towns Hit With Ransomware Attack In 'New Front' Of Cyberassault”], 20 August 2019.</ref> |
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|Targeting shared service providers of multiple municipalities<ref name=":Tex2" /> |
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|Unclear. |
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|More than 40 municipalities have been targeted by ransomware attacks over the summer of 2019.<ref>Niraj Chokshi, [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/us/baltimore-ransomware.html “Hackers Are Holding Baltimore Hostage: How They Struck and What’s Next”], 22 May 2019.</ref> The attack on Texas municipalities, however, has been described as the most coordinated attack among all of them.<ref name=":Tex2" /> As a result of the attack, city workers were unable to accept payments and to access vital records, including birth and death certificates.<ref>Kathleen Foody and Jake Bleiberg, AP, [https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/ransomware-attack-hits-more-than-20-texas-local-governments “Ransomware attack hits more than 20 Texas local governments”], 20 August 2019. </ref> |
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|The Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) has led the response to this ransomware attack and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) initiated investigations into the origin of the attack.<ref name=":Tex3" /> Immediately after the attack, the municipalities were assisted by numerous federal and state agencies, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Department of Homeland Security, Texas A&M’s Information Technology and Electronic Crime Unit and the Texas Military Department.<ref name=":Tex1" /> |
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|[[Scenario 14: Ransomware campaign]] |
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Collected by: [[Nele Achten]] |
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Revision as of 15:44, 24 January 2020
Date | 19 August 2019[1] |
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Suspected actor | Unclear[2], most likely a single threat actor.[3] |
Target | 22 small towns in Texas, U.S.[4] |
Method | Targeting shared service providers of multiple municipalities[2] |
Purpose | Unclear. |
Result | More than 40 municipalities have been targeted by ransomware attacks over the summer of 2019.[5] The attack on Texas municipalities, however, has been described as the most coordinated attack among all of them.[2] As a result of the attack, city workers were unable to accept payments and to access vital records, including birth and death certificates.[6] |
Aftermath | The Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) has led the response to this ransomware attack and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) initiated investigations into the origin of the attack.[3] Immediately after the attack, the municipalities were assisted by numerous federal and state agencies, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Department of Homeland Security, Texas A&M’s Information Technology and Electronic Crime Unit and the Texas Military Department.[1] |
Analysed in | Scenario 14: Ransomware campaign |
Collected by: Nele Achten
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kate Fazzini, “Alarm in Texas as 23 towns hit by ‘coordinated’ ransomware attack”, 19 August 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Manny Fernandez, Mihir Zaveri and Emily S. Rueb, “Ransomware Attack Hits 22 Texas Towns, Authorities Say”, 20 August 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Texas Department of Information Resources, “Update on the August 2019 Texas Cyber Incident”, 20 August 2019.
- ↑ Bobby Allyn, “22 Texas Towns Hit With Ransomware Attack In 'New Front' Of Cyberassault”, 20 August 2019.
- ↑ Niraj Chokshi, “Hackers Are Holding Baltimore Hostage: How They Struck and What’s Next”, 22 May 2019.
- ↑ Kathleen Foody and Jake Bleiberg, AP, “Ransomware attack hits more than 20 Texas local governments”, 20 August 2019.