Russian hackers posted classified British police information on the darknet after their ransom demand was rejected. The Daily Mail reports about the “leak”, indicating that the information was stolen by the Clop group, and they succeeded due to “an annoying security breach.” It is clarified that the ransom was demanded from the Dacoll company, the amount of the required ransom was refused by the company.
In the hands of the hackers were data stolen from an IT firm that handles access to the police computer system (PNC). This, including the personal data of 13 million people. The stolen data contains, for example, photos of drivers taken at the time of speeding, probably from the national automatic license plate recognition (ANPR) system.
Recall that Dacoll is a provider of IT solutions throughout the UK, one of its subsidiaries, NDI Technologies, provides remote access to PNC services for 90% of police officers. Another Dacoll firm, NDI Recognition Systems, provides IT support for the systems used on the highways in England.
The British launched an investigation. According to the National Crime Agency, work is underway to “mitigate” the consequences of the hacker attack.
Dacoll confirmed that the company was the victim of a cybersecurity incident, but quickly returned to normal operations.
At the same time, national security expert and former colonel of British military intelligence Philip Ingram believes that this leak has called into question the cybersecurity mechanisms that exist between numerous public and private organizations.
Source: Rosbalt
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