The same bad actor re-encrypted previously stolen sensitive information, apparently just as the distributor had recovered from the initial breach.
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A cyberattack on Henry Schein forced the healthcare products distributor to take systems offline and update its financial guidance.
An Ace Hardware official said its systems are restored a little over a week after a cyberattack disrupted shipments and online orders.
'We are currently unable to process orders online,' a banner reads on the hardware retailer's website.
An unauthorized person accessed certain computer systems and potentially accessed or acquired certain files, the company said.
The incident “may have impacted personal information and protected health information belonging to certain individuals," the company said.
Famous Enterprises was hit with a malware attack earlier this year that encrypted data on some of its computer systems.
Ransomware has evolved into a billion-dollar enterprise, affecting two-thirds of small to medium-size businesses in the past 12 months, the Ponemon Institute and Keeper Security reported in a recent study. Yet many in this group most often targeted by cybercriminals do not feel an imperative to make cybersecurity a priority. Blame it on the number of publicized attacks highlighting big companies, municipalities, or just about any organization in the healthcare sector and something even more prevalent: a false sense of security in data backup technology.
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