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Sensitive data from the British Ministry of Defense and Navy has been stolen following a ransomware [...]

Day	Month	Year	Country	Activity	Incident Type
14	August	2023	United Kingdom	Defence	Virus/Ransomware

Summary

Sensitive data from the British Ministry of Defense and Navy has been stolen following a ransomware attack on a company specializing in fencing and security devices.

Victim

GB_NAVY

Claimed/Reported Threat Actor

Lockbit 3.0

Origin

Cybercrime

Main impact

Confidentality

References

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1808814/Russia-cyber-terrorism-hack-Ukraine

Recommendations to Defence to reduce Virus/Ransomware risks:

Map, understand, patch and secure your exposed assets on the Internet.
Implement email filtering systems to detect and block phishing emails.
Train your organisation, personnel regularly against these threats.
Install efficient Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) tools.
Work with your CSIRT organization to better understand the Tactics, Techniques and Procedures used by threat actors.
Monitor your IT and OT systems to quickly detect potential pre-ransomware activity.
Implement an efficient offline backup policy.
Encrypt all sensitive data to avoid further data leaks.

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