Others struck were the US Department of Energy, an associated science and technology contractor, and an agency-related facility which disposes of defense-related nuclear waste. The UK’s beauty and health company Boots said some of its team members’ information was also stolen.
The BBC said its staff had also been afflicted because Zellis was its payroll provider, though the broadcaster added that it did not believe banking details were compromised. CI0p exploited a flaw in the MOVEit transfer tool as part of a ransomware scheme, and the number of entities known to be hit has steadily been growing for days.īritish Airways last week confirmed that its staffers’ names, address, national insurance numbers and banking details were exposed because its payroll provider Zellis used MOVEIt. Louisiana’s motor vehicle office was among numerous organizations to use software named MOVEit which was designed to transfer large digital files. Those measures include freezing their credit to prevent the opening of new accounts in their names, changing all their digital passwords, obtaining a special number from the federal Internal Revenue Service to prohibit someone else from filing tax returns in their names, and reporting any suspected identity theft to authorities. However, it has not elaborated.Įdwards also said there was no evidence that the hackers had sold, used, shared or released the personal details, though the governor suggested that Louisianans take steps to protect their identities. The Russia-linked extortion gang CI0p, which claimed credit for the recent hack, has previously said it would not exploit any data taken from government agencies and assured it had erased such information. The number of records involved is thought to be about 6 million, Louisiana’s homeland security and emergency preparedness director, Casey Tingle, told reporters Friday. Other personal information to which the cyber-attackers apparently had access were Louisianans’ driver’s license numbers, vehicle registration data, handicap placard information, birthdates, heights and eye colors, Edwards’s statement said.
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