Attackers report MeridianLink to SEC after cyber-attack
MeridianLink confirmed that it had been hit by a cyber-attack. Ransomware group ALPHV claimed it had filed a complaint with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, saying the company had not disclosed the breach. The attackers used the complaint as a means of pressuring the victim company.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- MeridianLink
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Cyber-attack by ransomware group ALPHV
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- It emerged that a ransomware group had reported a victim company to the US Securities and Exchange Commission for not disclosing a breach.
- MeridianLink confirmed that it had been hit by a cyber-attack.
- The attackers' complaint was covered as a means of pressuring the victim company.
6 related reports
- Ransomware gang files SEC complaint over victim’s undisclosed breach
- Ransomware Group Files SEC Complaint Over Victim’s Failure to Disclose Data Breach
- Alphv ransomware gang claims it reported MeridianLink to SEC
- MeridianLink confirms cyberattack after ransomware gang claims to report company to SEC
- Ransomware group reports victim it breached to SEC regulators
- Ransomware Attacker Files SEC Complaint to Increase Pressure on Victim
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