2023-06-06 14:21:11
Large British groups, including British Airways and the BBC, have been targeted by a vast cyberattack, attributed by the local press to Russian hackers, and during which the data of thousands of employees was stolen.
The attack targeted Zellis, a British company specializing in payroll and human resources management, whose eight clients were affected.
Progress Software had said last week on its website “to have discovered a vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer” likely to lead in particular to “unauthorized access”, and recommended to its customers to “take immediate measures”, in particular by “removing the files and unauthorized user accounts”.
The BBC says the stolen data included staff identification numbers, dates of birth, home addresses and national insurance numbers.
According to The Daily Telegraph, “up to 100,000 British workers” may have been affected.
According to The Daily Telegraph, the compromised data within British Airways also includes bank details. Boots pharmacies and the airline Aer Lingus were also affected by the attack.
“The cyberattack appeared to be linked to a Russian-speaking cybercrime group called Clop,” the daily continues, citing security researchers, as attacks attributed to groups linked to Russia increased following the start of the crisis. war in Ukraine.
The National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC), the British public agency responsible in particular for assisting victims of cyberattacks, indicated for its part “working to fully understand the impact in the United Kingdom” of the attack.
This article has been published automatically. Sources: ats / awp / afp
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