Metropolitan Police Department suffered a cyber attack by Babuk Locker that led to a breach of its server.
An unauthorized accessed on its server compromised the DC Police’s networks and stole 250 GB of unencrypted files.
The ransomware gang also posted screenshots of various folders allegedly stolen in the attack, with the folder names looking like they are containing a lot of files related to operations, disciplinary records, and files related to gang members and ‘crews’ operating in DC
Source: https://heimdalsecurity.com/blog/dc-police-confirms-cyberattack/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/dc-metropolitan-police-department
"id": "dcm2249251122",
"linkid": "dc-metropolitan-police-department",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "04/2021",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization’s existence"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Law Enforcement',
'location': 'Washington D.C.',
'name': 'Metropolitan Police Department',
'type': 'Government'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Operational files',
'Disciplinary records',
'Gang-related files']},
'description': 'Metropolitan Police Department suffered a cyber attack by '
'Babuk Locker that led to a breach of its server. An '
'unauthorized access on its server compromised the DC Police’s '
'networks and stole 250 GB of unencrypted files. The '
'ransomware gang also posted screenshots of various folders '
'allegedly stolen in the attack, with the folder names looking '
'like they are containing a lot of files related to '
'operations, disciplinary records, and files related to gang '
'members and ‘crews’ operating in DC.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Operational files',
'Disciplinary records',
'Gang-related files'],
'systems_affected': 'Servers'},
'motivation': 'Financial Gain, Data Theft',
'ransomware': {'data_exfiltration': True, 'ransomware_strain': 'Babuk Locker'},
'threat_actor': 'Babuk Locker',
'title': 'Metropolitan Police Department Cyber Attack',
'type': 'Ransomware'}