Ireland - Luas
Exploit: Website compromise via newsletter hack.
Luas: Light rail system in Dublin.
Luas: Light rail system in Dublin.
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Risk to Small Business: 2.111 = Severe: Since the investigation is ongoing, the extent of damage is not determined. However, the hacker responsible for the attack threatened to publish all compromised data if the demanded ransom of 1 bitcoin was not met within 5 days. Currently, no financial information has been exposed, but complete access to a company’s website can result in theft of IP, IT system interference, and entry into sensitive data.
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Individual Risk: 3 = Moderate: Given that the attack was limited to the 3,226 that signed up for the Luas newsletter and did not include payment details, the threat to individual compromises is relatively low. Nevertheless, it remains to be seen if there will be other repercussions.
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Customers Impacted: 3,226 people who signed up for the Luas newsletter.
How it Could Affect Your Customers’ Business: Situations where ransom is involved can be sticky, since there is no assurance that the hacker will not leak the data even if the ransom is paid. On the other hand, the group or person responsible has threatened to publish all data and send emails to the users, which could cause customers to avoid visiting the website or trusting their payment information with the tram service. Also, the hacker could virtually destroy the website, resulting in the company having to rebuild their entire platform.
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How it Could Affect Your Customers’ Business: Situations where ransom is involved can be sticky, since there is no assurance that the hacker will not leak the data even if the ransom is paid. On the other hand, the group or person responsible has threatened to publish all data and send emails to the users, which could cause customers to avoid visiting the website or trusting their payment information with the tram service. Also, the hacker could virtually destroy the website, resulting in the company having to rebuild their entire platform.
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Risk Levels:1 - 1.5 = Extreme Risk1.51 - 2.49 = Severe Risk2.5 - 3 = Moderate Risk*The risk score is calculated using a formula that takes into account a wide range of factors related to the assessed breach.
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