The investigation further determined that the unauthorized party accessed and may have acquired certain files on Parker's IT systems.” The company detected the system breach on the 14th, and the IT team immediately shut down certain internal systems as part of incident response protocols.Īfter conducting an investigation, Parker found that the files accessed by the attackers may have contained information regarding not only it’s current 58,000 employees, but also former employees, their dependents, and members of Parker’s group health insurance plans. Parker has now acknowledged a security breach that precipitated the theft of employee data.Īccording to Parker’s public notice of the incident, “ an unauthorized third party gained access to Parker's IT systems between the dates of Maand March 14, 2022. Parker is an American company specializing in motion and control technologies whose customers include Airbus, Boeing, Rolss-Royce, and Lockheed Martin. Last month, the Conti ransomware gang released on the web what looked to be data stolen from Parker Hannifin Corporation. The FBI also named Conti ransomware the costliest strain of ransomware ever documented, with total victim payouts exceeding $150 million. According to the FBI, there have been over 1,000 victims of Conti ransomware attacks as of January 2022. The Department of State is also offering $5 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of anyone working to participate in a Conti ransomware attack. The group specifically called out “Western warmongers” and “American cyber aggression.”Įarlier this month, the US Department of State announced its offering of up to $10 million for information that helps identify or locate key members of the Conti ransomware gang. Decisionum centuriae duae, quarum prior jampridem edita est posterior ex recentissimis selecta nunc primùm prodit. When Russia’s war on Ukraine broke out in February, the Conti ransomware gang announced that it fully supported the Russian government and would carry out counterattacks against anyone who organized cyberattacks or other offensive measures against Russia. Labyrinthus creditorum concurrentium ad litem per debitorum communem inter illos causatam, Tomi duo S. One of these groups is the Russian-based Conti ransomware group. However, while LAPSUS$ is no longer in operation, after the London police arrested all seven members of the group, other cybercriminal groups are still afoot and out to steal data. The beginning of the year saw a flurry of stories about security breaches as the cybercriminal gang known as LAPSUS$ stole data from an alarming number of big name companies in a short period of time.
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