WK Kellogg, an American food manufacturing giant, faced a cyber attack through the Cleo file transfer tool, resulting in the theft of employee information. The incident marks a significant data breach, undermining the privacy and integrity of employee personal details. Due to the nature of the stolen information, the attack has the potential to carry long-term repercussions for the affected employees, including identity theft and fraud. This breach not only inflicts financial harm on the individuals but also damages the company's reputation and raises concerns about cybersecurity measures within corporate environments.
Source: https://therecord.media/crushftp-vulnerability-exploited
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/jobs
"id": "job948040825",
"linkid": "jobs",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "4/2025",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Food Manufacturing',
'location': 'USA',
'name': 'WK Kellogg',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Cleo file transfer tool',
'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': 'Employee information'},
'description': 'WK Kellogg, an American food manufacturing giant, faced a '
'cyber attack through the Cleo file transfer tool, resulting '
'in the theft of employee information. The incident marks a '
'significant data breach, undermining the privacy and '
'integrity of employee personal details. Due to the nature of '
'the stolen information, the attack has the potential to carry '
'long-term repercussions for the affected employees, including '
'identity theft and fraud. This breach not only inflicts '
'financial harm on the individuals but also damages the '
"company's reputation and raises concerns about cybersecurity "
'measures within corporate environments.',
'impact': {'brand_reputation_impact': "Damages the company's reputation",
'data_compromised': 'Employee information',
'identity_theft_risk': 'High',
'systems_affected': 'Cleo file transfer tool'},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Cleo file transfer tool'},
'motivation': 'Theft of employee information',
'title': 'Data Breach at WK Kellogg Through Cleo File Transfer Tool',
'type': 'Data Breach'}