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Ransomware
Definition
Malware that encrypts systems or data, typically accompanied by a ransom demand.
Connected registry data
These connections are derived from the public incidents and organizations in this page’s scope.
Locations
341 valuesIncident impacts and related organization locations
- Abilene, Texas
- Ada Township, Michigan
- Adams County, Mississippi
- Addison Northwest School District, Vermont
- Alabama
- Alamo Heights Independent School District, Texas
- Alamo Heights, Texas
- Albemarle County, Virginia
- Allentown, Pennsylvania
- Alpine Township, Michigan
- Anderson, South Carolina
- Annapolis, Maryland
- Anne Arundel County, Maryland
- Appomattox County, Virginia
- Appomattox, Virginia
- Arizona
- Ashby, Massachusetts
- Ashland, Virginia
- Attleboro, Massachusetts
- Augusta, Kansas
- Austin, Minnesota
- Austin, Texas
- Bainbridge, Georgia
- Bakersville, North Carolina
- Batesville, Mississippi
- Bay City, Texas
- Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
- Beaver County, Pennsylvania
- Beaver, Pennsylvania
- Bellingham, Washington
- Bellmawr, New Jersey
- Bethel Township, Pennsylvania
- Biloxi, Mississippi
- Bloomington, Illinois
- Boca Raton, Florida
- Bowling Green, Ohio
- Bowne Township, Michigan
- Box Elder County, Utah
- Boydton, Virginia
- Boynton Beach, Florida
- Brigham City, Utah
- Brownstown, Indiana
- Bryan, Texas
- Burley, Idaho
- Burns, Wyoming
- Byron Township, Michigan
- Cadillac, Michigan
- Caledonia Township, Michigan
- Cannon County, Tennessee
- Canton, Oklahoma
- Canton, Mississippi
- Cape Coral, Florida
- Carson City, Nevada
- Cascade Township, Michigan
- Center Township, Pennsylvania
- Central Point, Oregon
- Central, South Carolina
- Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Charlottesville, Virginia
- Chatsworth, Georgia
- Cheyenne, Wyoming
- Chicago, Illinois
- Chippewa Township, Pennsylvania
- Cidra, Puerto Rico
- Circleville, Ohio
- City of Minot Water Service Area, North Dakota
- Clackamas County, Oregon
- Clarksburg, West Virginia
- Clay County, Tennessee
- Clearwater, Florida
- Clemson, South Carolina
- Cleveland County, Oklahoma
- Clinton, Oklahoma
- Clover Creek, Washington
- Clute, Texas
- Coconut Creek, Florida
- Colfax, Washington
- Columbia, Tennessee
- Columbia, South Carolina
- Comstock Park, Michigan
- Concho, Oklahoma
- Cookeville, Tennessee
- Coopersville, Michigan
- Coppell, Texas
- Coweta, Oklahoma
- Cumberland County, Tennessee
- Davenport, Iowa
- Dayton, Ohio
- DeKalb County, Tennessee
- DeLand, Florida
- Delano Public School District, Minnesota
- Delano, Minnesota
- Denton, Texas
- Denver County, Colorado
- Dodgeville, Wisconsin
- Downey, California
- Dunstable, Massachusetts
- DuPage County, Illinois
- Durant, Oklahoma
- Easley, South Carolina
- East Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Ecru, Mississippi
- El Dorado, Kansas
- Ellis County, Kansas
- Estero, Florida
- Evanston Township High School District 202, Illinois
- Evanston, Illinois
- Exton, Pennsylvania
- Fall River, Massachusetts
- Fargo, North Dakota
- Farmington, Maine
- Fentress County, Tennessee
- Ferrisburgh, Vermont
- Flagstaff, Arizona
- Flowood, Mississippi
- Fort Bend County, Texas
- Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Fort Myers, Florida
- Fort Scott, Kansas
- Foster City, California
- Franklin County, Maine
- Frederick, Maryland
- Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Frisco, Texas
- Gaines Township, Michigan
- Garden City, Michigan
- Garfield, Washington
- Glenolden, Pennsylvania
- Golf Manor, Ohio
- Goodyear, Arizona
- Grand Traverse County, Michigan
- Grandville, Michigan
- Grattan Township, Michigan
- Green River, Wyoming
- Greenacres, Florida
- Greene County, Georgia
- Greenfield, Indiana
- Greensboro, Georgia
- Greenville, Texas
- Grenada, Mississippi
- Groton, Massachusetts
- Gulfport, Mississippi
- Hammon, Oklahoma
- Hanover County, Virginia
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Harrison County, West Virginia
- Hartwell, Georgia
- Hattiesburg, Mississippi
- Hawkinsville, Georgia
- Hays, Kansas
- Hoboken, New Jersey
- Honea Path, South Carolina
- Houston, Texas
- Interboro School District, Pennsylvania
- Iowa County, Wisconsin
- Irmo, South Carolina
- Iuka, Mississippi
- Iva, South Carolina
- Jackson County, Indiana
- Jackson County, Tennessee
- Jackson, Mississippi
- James City County, Virginia
- Jerome Joint School District No. 261, Idaho
- Jerome, Idaho
- Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania
- Jupiter, Florida
- Kearney, Nebraska
- Kennewick, Washington
- Kent City, Michigan
- Kentwood, Michigan
- Kettering, Ohio
- Kinston, North Carolina
- Krum, Texas
- Lake Mary, Florida
- Lake Worth, Florida
- Lancaster, Ohio
- Laramie County, Wyoming
- Lehi, Utah
- Lexington-Richland School District Five, South Carolina
- Lexington, Mississippi
- Liberty Township, Ohio
- Liberty, South Carolina
- Llewellyn, Pennsylvania
- Los Angeles, California
- Louisville, Mississippi
- Lowell, Michigan
- Luna County, New Mexico
- Macon County, Tennessee
- Madison, Mississippi
- Maitland, Florida
- Marietta, Georgia
- Marysville, Ohio
- Matagorda County, Texas
- Mauston, Wisconsin
- McComb, Mississippi
- McMurray, Pennsylvania
- Mecklenburg County, Virginia
- Meriden, Connecticut
- Meridian, Mississippi
- Miami, Florida
- Miamisburg, Ohio
- Michigan City, Indiana
- Midway, Florida
- Milton, Florida
- Minersville Area School District, Pennsylvania
- Minersville, Pennsylvania
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Minot, North Dakota
- Mission, Texas
- Missouri City, Texas
- Mitchell County, North Carolina
- Monroe, Wisconsin
- Montgomery, Alabama
- Mower County, Minnesota
- Murray County, Georgia
- Natchez, Mississippi
- Natick, Massachusetts
- Needville, Texas
- Nevada
- New Britain, Connecticut
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- New York City, New York
- Norcross, Georgia
- Norman, Oklahoma
- North Miami Beach, Florida
- North Palm Beach, Florida
- San Antonio, Texas
- Ogden, Utah
- Oneonta City School District, New York
- Oneonta, New York
- Orangeville Township, Michigan
- Orleans Parish, Louisiana
- Overton County, Tennessee
- Oxford, Mississippi
- Palm Bay, Florida
- Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
- Park City, Utah
- Passaic County, New Jersey
- Paterson, New Jersey
- Pell City School District, Alabama
- Pell City, Alabama
- Pendleton, South Carolina
- Pennington County, South Dakota
- Pennsylvania
- Pepperell, Massachusetts
- Petersburg Borough, Alaska
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Pickens, South Carolina
- Pickett County, Tennessee
- Piedmont, South Carolina
- Pierce County Rural Library District, Washington
- Pine Bluffs, Wyoming
- Pittsburgh Regional Transit service area, Pennsylvania
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Plainfield Township, Michigan
- Plantation, Florida
- Port St. Lucie, Florida
- Prattville, Alabama
- Provo, Utah
- Putnam County, Tennessee
- Radnor, Pennsylvania
- Raleigh, North Carolina
- Rapid City, South Dakota
- Redmond, Washington
- Richmond, Texas
- Ridgefield, Connecticut
- Ridgeland, Mississippi
- Rigby, Idaho
- Rockford, Michigan
- Royal Palm Beach, Florida
- Rupert, Idaho
- Ruston, Louisiana
- Saint Croix District, U.S. Virgin Islands
- St. John, Washington
- Saint Paul, Minnesota
- St. Thomas County, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- San Angelo, Texas
- Sand Lake, Michigan
- Sandy, Utah
- Sarasota, Florida
- Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
- Scottsdale, Arizona
- Sheboygan, Wisconsin
- Silver City, New Mexico
- Smith County, Tennessee
- Smithville, Tennessee
- Snyderville Basin Water Reclamation District
- South Jordan, Utah
- South Lyon Community Schools, Michigan
- South Lyon, Michigan
- Spencer Township, Michigan
- St. Petersburg, Florida
- Stuart, Florida
- Sugar Land, Texas
- Tampa, Florida
- Tarrant, Alabama
- Tekoa, Washington
- Tempe, Arizona
- The Woodlands, Texas
- Thomasville, North Carolina
- Townsend, Massachusetts
- Tucson, Arizona
- Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Tupelo, Mississippi
- U.S. Virgin Islands
- Upper Darby, Pennsylvania
- Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, Texas
- Uvalde, Texas
- Vaiden, Mississippi
- Van Buren County, Tennessee
- Vergennes, Vermont
- Vicksburg, Mississippi
- Wagon Mound Public Schools, New Mexico
- Wagon Mound, New Mexico
- Walker, Michigan
- Wall, South Dakota
- Warren County, Tennessee
- Warwick, Rhode Island
- Washington Township, Ohio
- Watonga, Oklahoma
- Webster, New York
- West Hollywood, California
- West Palm Beach, Florida
- West, Mississippi
- Wexford County, Michigan
- Wheaton, Illinois
- White County, Tennessee
- Whittier, California
- Wichita, Kansas
- Williamsport, Pennsylvania
- Williamston, South Carolina
- Wilson, North Carolina
- Winona County, Minnesota
- Winona, Mississippi
- Winona, Minnesota
- Wood County, Ohio
- Woodhaven Lakes, Illinois
- Wyoming, Michigan
- York, Pennsylvania
- Yuma, Arizona
Operational impacts
44 valuesService effects recorded on related incidents
- Alternate service channel required
- Application unavailable
- Authentication disruption
- Backlog created
- Cloud service disruption
- Complete service outage
- Customer or public access restricted
- Database unavailable
- Degraded service
- Dispatch disruption
- Downstream organization impact
- Educational operations disrupted
- Email disruption
- Emergency communications disruption
- Event or activity cancellation
- Facility closure
- Government services disrupted
- Healthcare operations disrupted
- Intermittent service disruption
- Internal systems unavailable
- Internet access disruption
- Manual workaround required
- Manufacturing or production disruption
- Network outage
- Online portal unavailable
- Partial service outage
- Payment processing disruption
- Phone service disruption
- Public safety operations disrupted
- Records access disruption
- Records processing disruption
- Remote access disruption
- Retail operations disrupted
- Safety risk or operational hazard
- Scheduling disruption
- Service delay
- Staff sent home or placed on leave
- Staff unable to work normally
- Supply chain disruption
- Third-party service disruption
- Transaction processing disruption
- Transportation operations disrupted
- Utility operations disrupted
- Website unavailable
Threat groups in related incidents
28 valuesExtortion indicators
17 valuesExtortion evidence recorded on related incidents
- Countdown or payment deadline
- Data sample published
- Data-theft extortion
- Demand escalation
- Direct victim contact
- Encryption-based extortion
- Full data publication
- Leak-site listing
- Negotiation portal or ransom chat
- No known extortion indicator
- Payment denied
- Payment instructions provided
- Payment reported
- Public leak threat
- Ransom demand
- Third-party pressure
- Unknown extortion indicators
Data impacts
11 valuesAttack mechanisms
8 valuesMechanisms recorded on related incidents
DD-CIT assessments
6 valuesRansomware confidence
5 valuesRansomware assessment of related incidents
Incident status
4 valuesCurrent status of related incidents
Attribution confidence
4 valuesActor attribution assessment
Cyber transparency
3 valuesCyber-transparency classifications of related incidents
Disruption transparency
3 valuesDisruption-transparency classifications of related incidents
Incident confidence
3 valuesThreat actor types
1 valueClassifications of related threat groups
Cyber assessment
1 valueCurrent assessment of whether incidents are cyber-related