A Russian hacker group has issued an ultimatum to firms including British Airways, Boots and the BBC after stealing hordes of staff data from a payroll provider. The group urged companies to get in touch by 12 June to avoid their data being exposed
gang, urged companies to get in touch by 12 June and settle a “price to delete” to avoid their data being exposed.first revealed on Monday, which exploited an unknown third-party file-sharing tool called MOVEit.Russian stateA darkweb post from the group said: “We are the only one who perform such attack and relax because your data is safe. We are to proceed as follow and you should pay attention to avoid extraordinary measures to impact you company.
The message did not include an explicit ransom demand but urged companies to get in touch “or else” to receive “proof of data we have and price to delete”, adding: “If no agreement… after 7 days all you data will start to be publication”. In a sign that it was seeking to avoid becoming a target of state actors, the group said it had erased all data relating to “government, city or police service” because “we have no interest to expose such information”.
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