Co-op Group have now admitted a significant amount of member (customer) information has been stolen by DragonForce Ransomware Cartel, saying they "accessed data relating to a significant number of our current and past members" - around 20 million people. The Member database, basically.
Up until now Co-op hadn't even used the words cyber or threat actor, referring to an "IT issue" and "third party" in comms.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crkx3vy54nzo
Kevin Beaumont
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2025-05-02 17:51:34 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…m202
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