Wentworth Club Ltd

Wentworth Club Ltd

England’s most exclusive golf club Wentworth golf suffered a ransomware attack in JANUARY 2021.

The hackers encrypted the personal files on their network and demanded ransom in Bitcoins for a decryption key.

The hackers had also stolen some data including names, addresses, emails, phone numbers, bank account details of the members of the golf club.

Source: https://grahamcluley.com/wentworth-golf-club-hacked/

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

"id": "wen21321222",
"linkid": "wentworthclub",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "01/2021",
"severity": "90",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Sports and Recreation',
                        'location': 'England',
                        'name': 'Wentworth Golf Club',
                        'type': 'Golf Club'}],
 'data_breach': {'data_encryption': 'Yes',
                 'data_exfiltration': 'Yes',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Addresses',
                                              'Emails',
                                              'Phone Numbers',
                                              'Bank Account Details']},
 'date_detected': 'January 2021',
 'description': 'England’s most exclusive golf club Wentworth golf suffered a '
                'ransomware attack in January 2021. The hackers encrypted the '
                'personal files on their network and demanded ransom in '
                'Bitcoins for a decryption key. The hackers had also stolen '
                'some data including names, addresses, emails, phone numbers, '
                'bank account details of the members of the golf club.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Addresses',
                                 'Emails',
                                 'Phone Numbers',
                                 'Bank Account Details']},
 'motivation': 'Financial Gain',
 'ransomware': {'data_encryption': 'Yes',
                'data_exfiltration': 'Yes',
                'ransom_demanded': 'Bitcoins'},
 'title': 'Wentworth Golf Club Ransomware Attack',
 'type': 'Ransomware'}
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