This week BleepingComputer broke the story that Konica Minolta was hit with ransomware at the end of July that impacted some of their USA services. Carnival Corporation disclosed in a 6-K SEC filing that one of their cruise brands got hit with a ransomware attack. The University of Utah disclosed that they decided to pay a $450,000 ransom to prevent stolen data from being leaked by the ransomware operators. A new ransomware operation named DarkSide began attacking organizations earlier this month with customized attacks that have already earned them million-dollar payouts.
Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-week-in-ransomware-august-21st-2020-ransomware-ahoy/

