Arkana ransomware gang claims attack on WideOpenWest
The Arkana ransomware gang claimed to have attacked US telecoms company WideOpenWest. Data obtained through infostealer infections was cited as having been used in the attack.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- WideOpenWest
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Attack using data obtained through infostealer infections
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- Claims emerged that the Arkana ransomware gang had hacked WideOpenWest using data from infostealer infections.
- Further reports emerged of the new ransomware gang's claimed attack on WideOpenWest.
Also affected by this incident
StreamElements data breach via third-party vendor
↳ Knock-on damage from the WideOpenWest incident · View original incidentStreamElements confirmed a data breach caused by an infostealer infection at a third-party vendor. It was affected in the aftermath of the WideOpenWest incident; the scale of the breach and the specific response have not been confirmed.
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