Ransomware forced Bose systems offline, exposed personal data of 6 former employees
A ransomware intrusion of the computer networks of Bose in March forced some of the electronic giant’s IT systems offline and exposed the personal information of a handful of former employees, the company said in a breach notification letter. Seven weeks into an investigation of the incident, in late April, Bose discovered that hackers had accessed and “potentially exfiltrated” files containing the Social Security numbers and salary information of six former Bose employees based in New Hampshire, according to the statement. Bose could not confirm whether the data was exfiltrated, the company said in a May 19 letter posted to the New Hampshire attorney general’s website. Neither private sector experts nor the FBI have found evidence of the data being sold on the dark web, the letter said. The incident is a reminder that while, high profile ransomware attacks like the one on Colonial Pipeline are impossible to miss, some […]
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