National Basketball Association (NBA)

National Basketball Association (NBA)

The National Basketball Association was attacked by an unknown ransomware group.

The attackers attempted to install ransomware on all the internal systems but strong internal security tools prevented them to a few systems.

As per the NBA, hackers could not get to the data and the attack didn’t impact the operations.

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-14/nba-s-houston-rockets-face-cyber-attack-by-ransomware-group

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/national-basketball-association

"id": "nat11412222",
"linkid": "national-basketball-association",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "04/2021",
"severity": "80",
"impact": "1",
"explanation": "Attack without any consequences"
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 'threat_actor': 'Unknown ransomware group',
 'title': 'Ransomware Attack on National Basketball Association',
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