Weak password allowed hackers to sink a 158-year-old company
One password is believed to have been all it took for a ransomware gang to destroy a 158-year-old company and put 700 people out of work.
The #hackers managed to gain entry to the computer system by guessing an employee's password, after which they encrypted the company's data and locked its internal systems.
#KNP #transportation #Akira #UK #ransomware #malware #security #cybersecurity #hacking #hacked
😱 Ein erratenes Passwort führte zur #Insolvenz: Der britische Logistiker #KNP musste nach 158 Jahren schließen, nachdem die #Ransomware-Gruppe #Akira große Teile des Systems lahmlegte.
Rund 730 Jobs gingen verloren. Die Attacke war möglich, weil ein Mitarbeiter ein schwaches #Passwort nutzte.
Laut Experten steigt die Zahl solcher Cyberangriffe stark an.
#Cybersecurity #Passwortsicherheit #Logistik #Datensicherheit #Cyberangriff
Weak password allowed hackers to sink a 158-year-old company
A company that weathered the American Civil War, two World Wars, and the 2008 financial crisis was finally defeated by... a weak password. The Akira gang didn't need cannons or bombs to destroy KNP - just basic password cracking. 700 jobs lost, £5M ransom demanded. Sometimes the smallest vulnerabilities topple the mightiest institutions.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: One password is believed to have been all it took for a ransomware gang to destroy a 158-year-old company and put 700 people out of work. KNP -- a Northamptonshire transport company -- is just one of tens of thousands of UK businesses that have been ...
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