FBI Warns Of Ransomware Risk Over Labor Day Holiday Weekend

This week the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a joint Cybersecurity Advisory warning of an increase in ransomware risks over the Labor Day holiday weekend - when offices are normally closed.  The FBI and CISA have not currently identified any specific threat indicating cyberattacks will occur over the upcoming Labor Day holiday weekend.  But in 2021, ransomware and other cybersecurity attacks have occurred over other holiday weekends.

For example, over Mother's Day weekend a ransomware attack on the largest U.S. pipeline company led to the temporary shutdown of the company.  That company supplied half of the fuel used on the East Coast.  Over Memorial Day weekend, a ransomware attack of a meat processing company shut down production in plants in the U.S., Canada and Australia.  Over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, a ransomware attack of a tech-management software company impacted 1,500 companies using the software.