UK's Southern Water ransomware attack leaks customer data
UK water company Southern Water detected suspicious activity on its systems and launched an investigation. Black Basta claimed to have stolen 750GB of data, including personal information and corporate documents, and the leak of personal information of hundreds of thousands of customers was later confirmed. The company said during its initial investigation that water services were operating normally, and a later tally put the costs related to the attack at £4.5 million.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Southern Water
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal information of hundreds of thousands of customers leaked; attack-related costs of £4.5 million
- Cause / method
- Ransomware attack
- Location
- United Kingdom
Timeline
- Southern Water said it was investigating suspicious system activity and that water services were operating normally.
- Southern Water said personal information of hundreds of thousands of customers had been stolen.
- Costs related to the ransomware attack were tallied at £4.5 million.
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