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September 2018

Port of San Diego Suffers Ransomware Attack

The Port of San Diego issued a statement on Wednesday claiming to have experienced a “serious” cyber-attack. In the follow-up statement released yesterday, the port claimed that IT systems belonging to the Port of San Diego were infected with a piece of ransomware. Some of the ports systems were compromised as a result of the attack and others were shut down as a precautionary measure.

Report Finds Malicious Login Attempts on the Rise

According to Akamai’s recent report, “2018 State of Internet/Security Credential Stuffing Attacks”, worldwide malicious login attempts are on the rise. Akamai analyzed attack data from across the company’s global infrastructure and found that 3.2 billion malicious login attempts were made each month between January and April 2018. The company also found that 1.4 million usernames and passwords have been compromised this year alone.