Sacramento Bee Databases Hit with Ransomware Attack

Sacramento Bee Databases Hit with Ransomware Attack

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In one of the recent ransomware attacks, Sacramento Bee, a newspaper that is published in Sacramento, reported that 2 of its databases were hit in 2017. The tip on the attack came from a reporter to an internal employee working with the company. While both the databases are located in 3rd party servers, one of the database contains information on California voter registration from the California Secretary of State. The other database usually consisted of subscriber information on the people who had subscribed to the digital accounts. It seemed that the databased consisted of 53000 records of current and former Bee subscribers. The ransomware extracted the name, email address, and contact information of some of the customers. The company immediately notified the customers whose details were compromised. The good news however is that none of the database consisted of critical information such as Social Security Number, Bank account details, and Credit card information.