The biggest ransomware news this week is the cyber attack on Altran that was supposedly hit by the LockerGoga Ransomware. In addition, huge malspam campaigns were pushing Troldesh on Russia and GandCrab on Japanese victims. The biggest news was that a financially motivated cyberattack on computer servers forced an Ohio city to shut down its 311 call center line as it prepared to dig out from a snowstorm. An Ohio city spokeswoman says the attack included ransomware that demanded thousands of dollars.
Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-week-in-ransomware-february-1st-2019-lockergoga-malspam-and-more/