Wightlink Isle of Wight Ferries LTD

Wightlink Isle of Wight Ferries LTD

The personal data of UK ferry operator Wightlink got compromised in a cyber incident recently.

The attack affected the back-office IT systems and exposed the personal data of a small number of customers and staff.

However, its ferry services, booking system, or website were not affected by the attack.

Source: https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/uk-ferry-operator-wightlink-flags-potential-data-breach-after-highly-sophisticated-cyber-attack

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

"id": "wig23412322",
"linkid": "wightlink",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "03/2022",
"severity": "80",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'Small number',
                        'industry': 'Transportation',
                        'location': 'UK',
                        'name': 'Wightlink',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Back-office IT systems',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 'Small number',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Personal data'},
 'description': 'The personal data of UK ferry operator Wightlink got '
                'compromised in a cyber incident recently. The attack affected '
                'the back-office IT systems and exposed the personal data of a '
                'small number of customers and staff. However, its ferry '
                'services, booking system, or website were not affected by the '
                'attack.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Personal data of customers and staff'],
            'systems_affected': ['Back-office IT systems']},
 'title': 'Wightlink Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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