In May 2023, Example Corporation faced a severe cyber attack attributed to the Cl0p hacker group exploiting vulnerabilities in the MOVEit file transfer software. The breach resulted in the unauthorized access to sensitive company data, including employee personal information, proprietary business data, and critical financial records. The impact of the breach has significantly affected the company's operations, leading to a temporary halt in services and a major loss in customer trust. The company has since been working on mitigating the consequences by enhancing their cybersecurity measures, but the financial and reputational damage has already been done.
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TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/example-corporation
"id": "exa905050724",
"linkid": "example-corporation",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "05/2023",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization’s existence"
{'affected_entities': [{'name': 'Example Corporation', 'type': 'Corporation'}],
'attack_vector': 'Exploiting vulnerabilities in MOVEit file transfer software',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': 'employee personal '
'information',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'Sensitive',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['employee personal information',
'proprietary business data',
'critical financial records']},
'date_detected': 'May 2023',
'description': 'In May 2023, Example Corporation faced a severe cyber attack '
'attributed to the Cl0p hacker group exploiting '
'vulnerabilities in the MOVEit file transfer software. The '
'breach resulted in the unauthorized access to sensitive '
'company data, including employee personal information, '
'proprietary business data, and critical financial records. '
'The impact of the breach has significantly affected the '
"company's operations, leading to a temporary halt in services "
'and a major loss in customer trust. The company has since '
'been working on mitigating the consequences by enhancing '
'their cybersecurity measures, but the financial and '
'reputational damage has already been done.',
'impact': {'brand_reputation_impact': 'Major loss in customer trust',
'data_compromised': ['employee personal information',
'proprietary business data',
'critical financial records'],
'downtime': 'Temporary halt in services',
'operational_impact': 'Significant'},
'response': {'remediation_measures': 'Enhancing cybersecurity measures'},
'threat_actor': 'Cl0p hacker group',
'title': 'Cl0p Hacker Group Breach at Example Corporation',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'MOVEit file transfer software vulnerabilities'}