Communauto

Communauto

Canadian car-sharing company, Communauto was the target of a cyber attack.

Access to a number of servers has been locked, and data has been encrypted.

The attack exposed user passwords and credit card numbers, names, street addresses, and email addresses, driver’s license information.

The attack disturbed so many activities and delayed the management of accounts payable and invoicing.

The company has hired an IT security firm to investigate the breach and took preventive steps to stay protected against these attacks.

Source: https://proteuscyber.com/et/privacy-database/news/3056-communauto-car-sharing-service-victim-of-a-cyberattack-canada-live-news-and-headlines

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/communauto

"id": "com105724522",
"linkid": "communauto",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "01/2021",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Car-sharing',
                        'location': 'Canada',
                        'name': 'Communauto',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'data_breach': {'data_encryption': True,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['user passwords',
                                              'credit card numbers',
                                              'names',
                                              'street addresses',
                                              'email addresses',
                                              'driver’s license information']},
 'description': 'Canadian car-sharing company, Communauto was the target of a '
                'cyber attack. Access to a number of servers has been locked, '
                'and data has been encrypted. The attack exposed user '
                'passwords and credit card numbers, names, street addresses, '
                'and email addresses, driver’s license information. The attack '
                'disturbed so many activities and delayed the management of '
                'accounts payable and invoicing. The company has hired an IT '
                'security firm to investigate the breach and took preventive '
                'steps to stay protected against these attacks.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['user passwords',
                                 'credit card numbers',
                                 'names',
                                 'street addresses',
                                 'email addresses',
                                 'driver’s license information'],
            'operational_impact': ['delayed management of accounts payable and '
                                   'invoicing'],
            'systems_affected': ['servers']},
 'ransomware': {'data_encryption': True},
 'response': {'third_party_assistance': ['IT security firm']},
 'title': 'Communauto Cyber Attack',
 'type': 'Data Breach, Ransomware'}
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