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ATF Services has confirmed the incident after the INC Ransom ransomware gang claimed to have stolen one terabyte of the company’s data.
The INC Ransom ransomware gang has claimed to have successfully exfiltrated one terabyte of data from construction site security company ATF Services.
The gang listed ATF as a victim on its darknet leak site on 23 November, when it shared details of the hack and several documents to prove its claim.
“We have 1 TB data of this company,” a spokesperson for the gang said, alongside the proof-of-hack documents.
These include screenshots of file structures and folders, internal contact lists, loan and tax documents, details of debtors and creditors, customer data, and earnings forecasts.
INC Ransom has not listed a ransom demand nor a ransom deadline. According to a counter on the leak site, the details of the hack have been viewed 400 times at the time of writing.
ATF Services has confirmed that they are aware of the incident.
“ATF Services is aware of a recent cyber incident that occurred in early October 2024,” an ATF Services spokesperson told Cyber Daily.
“We immediately engaged independent cyber security experts to contain the incident and investigate what occurred. The investigation determined that the incident affected a limited set of corporate information.
“All relevant notifications have been carried out to employees out of an abundance of caution. There is no evidence of misuse of any personal information. Our systems are secure, and we remain committed to protecting the personal information we hold.
“We sincerely apologise for any concern that this incident may have caused.”
ATF Services is just one of 20 victims listed on INC Ransom’s leak site in November alone. The gang has been in operation since August 2023 and since then has attacked at least 204 organisations, mostly in Europe and the United States.
The gang is known to use spearphishing tactics to get into target networks and employs double extortion techniques, both encrypting the data it steals and then threatening to publish the data online.
ATF Services has offices nationwide and offers temporary fencing, crowd control barriers, height safety systems, and surveillance cameras and lighting through its Vision Intelligence business.
David Hollingworth has been writing about technology for over 20 years, and has worked for a range of print and online titles in his career. He is enjoying getting to grips with cyber security, especially when it lets him talk about Lego.
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