Volvo Group

Volvo Group

The carmaker Volvo suffered a data breach incident recently in December 2021.

The ransomware group Snatch targeted the company and stole its R&D data and leaked some of it on the dark web.

However, the customer data was not compromised in the attack.

Source: https://www.autoevolution.com/news/ransomware-group-claims-volvo-attack-screenshots-of-the-stolen-files-released-176312.html

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/volvo-group

"id": "vol14329322",
"linkid": "volvo-group",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2021",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Automotive',
                        'name': 'Volvo',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Ransomware',
 'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['R&D Data']},
 'date_detected': 'December 2021',
 'description': 'The carmaker Volvo suffered a data breach incident recently '
                'in December 2021. The ransomware group Snatch targeted the '
                'company and stole its R&D data and leaked some of it on the '
                'dark web. However, the customer data was not compromised in '
                'the attack.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['R&D Data']},
 'initial_access_broker': {'data_sold_on_dark_web': True},
 'motivation': 'Data Theft',
 'ransomware': {'data_exfiltration': True, 'ransomware_strain': 'Snatch'},
 'threat_actor': 'Snatch',
 'title': 'Volvo Data Breach Incident',
 'type': ['Data Breach', 'Ransomware']}
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