As a result of a continuing major attack, more than 100,000 people have been alerted that their personal information is in the hands of cybercriminals.
Among the firms whose employees have been affected by the MoveIt data leak are the BBC, British Airways, Aer Lingus, and Boots.
As the scope of the breach is revealed, more firms are expected to issue employee warnings.
The most important advice in the early phases of an attack like this is addressed at the organizations.
Hackers aren’t interested in going after individuals since it takes too much time, and they just care about one thing: getting paid.
“The important message to organizations right now is not to panic, to install the security patch and not to pay the criminals,” former National Cyber Security Centre lead Prof Ciaran Martin says.
However, once an organization has been compromised, the hackers have the upper hand. According to a study, UK businesses are the most inclined to pay hacker ransoms. The individuals suspected of being behind the MoveIt hack are notoriously merciless in their extortion methods. The hackers frequently consider their extortion strategies.
“In some previous incidents involving these criminals, victims were not contacted until weeks after the data was stolen – so if you don’t hear from them in the coming days, you are not out of the woods,” Mandiant Intellig
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