"Lockbit Ramps Up Attacks on Public Sector"

The LockBit ransomware gang appears to have claimed another two victims in recent days the Canadian town of St Marys and an Italian tax agency.  The local administration at St Marys explained in an update on Friday that the attack occurred last Wednesday, locking an internal server and encrypting data on it.  The town is now working with cyber incident response experts to investigate the source of the incident, restore its backup data and assess the impacts on its information if any.  The town noted that critical local services, including fire, police, transit, and water/wastewater systems, were apparently unaffected by the incident.  Still, it's unclear if any sensitive data was stolen during the ransomware attack.  Italian revenue agency l'Agenzia delle Entrate had 78GB of data stolen by LockBit.  The tax agency stated that the data stolen could be highly sensitive personal and financial information.  It is currently working with cyber incident response experts to determine the full scope of the attack.  

Infosecurity reports: "Lockbit Ramps Up Attacks on Public Sector"