Retailer WH Smith stated that threat actors had accessed the data of about 12,500 current and former workers after breaching its infrastructure.
With the aid of specialised support services, the company started an inquiry into the situation right once. It also alerted the appropriate authorities.
All impacted employees have been informed by the corporation, which has also disclosed that it has taken steps to help them.
Although the warning lacks specifics regarding the attack, the harm it reports is consistent with a ransomware attack.
Source: https://securityaffairs.com/142918/data-breach/wh-smith-data-breach.html
"id": "WHS193381023",
"linkid": "whsmith",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "03/2023",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"