Data breach: Reserve Bank likely facing $250K ransom; files from other victims made public
18 Feb, 2021 01:45 AM
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A US law firm and a Singapore telco caught up in the same data breach as the Reserve Bank have had stolen files leaked online by a ransomware gang. A security expert says that means it s now possible that some of the RBNZ s stolen files - described by the banks as sensitive - could now also be leaked on to the internet in a bid to pressure the NZ central bank into paying a ransom.
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In mid-December, Accellion FTA - a service for sharing large files - suffered a data breach. The Reserve bank, top US law firm Jones Day and Singapore s largest phone company, Singtel and some 47 others, including the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, had data stolen in the cyberheist.
Egregor s data-leaking site remains offline. (Source: Malwarebytes)
Individuals suspected of being affiliates of the Egregor ransomware-as-a-service operation have reportedly been arrested in Ukraine.
The arrests were announced on Friday by radio station France Inter, which said French police had launched an investigation last fall, spurred by attacks against domestic organizations, and had begun working with police in Ukraine to investigate.
France Inter reports that the arrests of the individuals - who provided hacking, and logistical and financial support for Egregor - are the result of an investigation being run by the anti-cybercrime division of the Central Directorate of the Judicial Police, part of France s national police force, working with police in Ukraine and with the EU s law enforcement agency Europol coordinating.