The following appears on itwire.com
Malicious attackers have launched a Windows ransomware attack on the servers of the PGA of America golf tournament which began at the Bellerive County Club in St Louis on Thursday.
By Sam Varghese – Allan Liska, a ransomware expert from security form Recorded Future, told iTWire that the ransomware in question appeared to be BitPaymer.
Liska, who is also a solutions architect, said: “Based on the content of the ransom note, the PGA Championship appears to have been hit by the BitPaymer ransomware, which is the same ransomware that infected the Matanuska-Susitna (Mat-Su) borough in Alaska and several hospitals in Scotland last year.”