US Coast Guard warns against Ryuk ransomware attack

The US Coast Guard has issued a warning as one federal maritime facility was breached by a ransomware attack. Ryuk ransomware attack on the maritime facility The facility was attacked by Ryuk ransomware and its primary operations were shut down for over 30 hours. The facility immediately conducted a response to the attack but it still persisted for more than a day latching onto numerous critical files. The Ryuk ransomware can be traced to a phishing email. An employee opened a link in the email that encrypted many critical files across the system. The link also disrupted the camera networks