BBC and British Airways

DISCLOSED 2023-06-06 · UNPATCHED CVE

A cyberattack exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the MOVEit Transfer software has led to the exposure of contact and financial data of BBC and British Airways employees. The breach was discovered on June 6, 2023, and is attributed to the Cl0p ransomware group, though no ransomware was deployed. The incident is part of a larger campaign targeting organizations using the...

The record

What we know

Disclosed

2023-06-06

Attack vector

Unpatched Cve

Sector

media and aviation

Data classes exposed

contactfinancial

ColdRecon assessment

Could a positive-security control have prevented this?

Verdict · unclear · opinion

The attack exploited a zero-day in MOVEit Transfer, a file transfer application, not an endpoint. A positive-security model on the server might have detected unauthorized changes, but details are insufficient to assess.

Our assessments are opinion, grounded in the cited public facts. Read them critically.

Sources

Cited reporting

↗ gbhackers.com (2023-06-06)

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