STOCKHOLM/MILAN : Hacking group BlackCat was behind a recent attack on Italy's state-owned energy services firm GSE, stole a massive amount of data and threatened to publish if their demands were not met, according to security researchers and documents seen by Reuters.In a ransomware attack, hackers steal
STOCKHOLM/MILAN : Hacking group BlackCat was behind a recent attack on Italy's state-owned energy services firm GSE, stole a massive amount of data and threatened to publish if their demands were not met, according to security researchers and documents seen by Reuters.
BlackCat, also known as ALPHV, emerged in mid-November last year and is known for launching sophisticated attacks on scores of companies across the U.S. and Europe. "BlackCat has a history of targeting organizations in the energy industry and is very active," said Ryan Olson, vice president of threat intelligence at Unit 42, a division of cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks.GSE declined to comment. It had said earlier that the hacking attack took place between Sunday and Monday.
"In Italy, the phenomenon have risen 350 per cent in the last year, where 1.9 per cent of Italian companies each week suffered an attack of this type," Ruffinoni said.
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