Director of National Cyber Security Centre warns those whose data may have been affected to take precautions against online phishing attempts
“Every now and then people’s personal information is used for fraud, it’s used for financial crime, it’s used for whatever it might be. So the obvious things apply,” he said. “People should keep an eye on their financial details. They should be careful, particularly of any phishing emails or any scams as they would in any case, but particularly in this case.”
It was important that people do not download, share or reshare information that was stolen, he said. “The attackers have done what they’re going to do. This is an extremely prolific group and their leak site has over 250 victims. The High Court was told last week that the cyberattack on MTU’s IT system is believed to have been carried out by individuals in a ransomware group known as ALPHV aka BlackCat or Noberus, based in Russia or the former Soviet Union.
Mr Browne said that the majority of such attacks were preventable, but that cyber crime groups like BlackCat use a variety of tools to break into systems. “They use vulnerabilities. So for larger organisations, they need to be very much on top of their patching and their vulnerability management, because sooner or later, the gaze of a group like BlackCat will turn to you and it’ll just be your turn.
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