“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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MTU says stolen data made available on 'dark web'Munster Technological University has confirmed that data from its systems has been made available on the 'dark web' following last week's cyber attack. I'm not saying they should have paid the ransom. But sincethey didn't pay the ransom, it's hardly surprising that they released the data. Well well nice little coincidence that MTU staff details appear on dark web I expect this will lead to compensation claims from MTU staff This smells very FISHY This only happens when an organisation is lax with their security. Now staff and students must put this organisation in front of the courts and make sure this never happens again. Learned in the pocket will live in the memory.
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