Hello and welcome back to our blog.
We begin with a story out of the UK, where a water supply company was impacted by a Clop ransomware attack in the last week. South Staffordshire Water, which supplies drinking water to 1.6m consumers daily, confirmed an attack, but said its safety and water distribution systems have remained operational. At the same time, Clop boasted on its leak website it had breached the systems of a different water company, Thames Water. Thames Water disputed these claims via a statement, saying that reports of Clop having breached its network are “cyber-hoax” and that its operations have been at full capacity. According to Trend Micro, Clop (sometimes stylized as “Cl0p”) has been one of the most prolific ransomware families in the past three years, gaining a reputation for compromising high-profile organizations in various industries worldwide using multilevel extortion techniques resulting in huge payouts.
Large consumer company HanesBrands took a big hit following a supply chain attack earlier in the year to the tune of $100M. That massive number was the amount the company lost in just three weeks. The incident, which was…
