A security flaw in the MOVEit file transfer application has allowed hackers to steal the personal information of more than 15.5 million people, and the number of impacted companies keeps rising.
A vulnerability in Progress Software’s enterprise file transfer application MOVEit Transfer has been the focus of Clop ransomware assaults, which have so far claimed more than 140 victims. Only 10 of these victims have so far confirmed the number of those impacted, but there are already more than 15.5 million people infected, according to Brett Callow, a ransomware expert and security analyst at Emsisoft.
This includes roughly 6 million residents of Louisiana, about 770,000 California Public Employees’ Retirement System members, between 2.5 and 2.7 million Genworth Finance clients, roughly 1.5 million Wilton Reassurance clients, more than 170,000 Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System beneficiaries, and more than half a million Talcott Resolution clients.
Callow claims that among the large-scale attacks was the National Student Clearinghouse, a nonprofit educational organisation in the United St
[…]
Content was cut in order to protect the source.Please visit the source for the rest of the article.
[…]
Content was cut in order to protect the source.Please visit the source for the rest of the article.
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents
Read the original article: