It is a new type of war that does not spare companies. Hackers acting on behalf of the Lockbit group stole astronomical data belonging to the German equipment manufacturer Continental, which earned a turnover of 40 billion dollars in 2021. German business daily Handelsblatt it turned out that the data, totaling 55 million files, is now up for sale on this site dark web, a kind of secret internet accessed through special software that evades all regulations. The amount of loot: 50 million dollars.
The exercise is causing concern for the German multinational. The economic newspaper reveals that the stolen files contain highly confidential information, particularly from the company’s boards of directors and supervisors. By: Handelsblattthe theft would even affect the messages and e-mails of the chairman of the supervisory board, Wolfgang Reitzl.
Other strategic information has also been hacked, relating to the group’s finances, strategy or human resources. Perhaps more seriously, hackers stole data from Continental’s customers, including manufacturers Volkswagen, Mercedes, Porsche and BMW. Still with the risk of making confidential technological and industrial data public. Continental declined to comment on the findings Handelsblatt.
While hacking attacks are commonplace in today’s business world, this is the first time such an important company has had to suffer such severe consequences. This episode highlights the shortcomings of the cyber defenses of multinationals like Continental. In France, the Thalès group fell victim to the same hacking attack as Lockbit, but the data leak has been contained, according to the company. Since war broke out on Europe’s borders, cyber risk has never been higher, according to German authorities.
Source: Le Figaro
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