As the mass-hacking incidents continue to affect users of the widely used file-transfer application MOVEit Transfer, an increasing number of victims are emerging, with nearly 400 organizations now known to be impacted.
In a recent statement, Estée Lauder, a prominent U.S. cosmetics company, revealed that an unauthorized third-party managed to access some of its systems and obtain data. However, the company did not provide further details or directly associate the incident with MOVEit.
The notorious Clop ransomware gang, reportedly responsible for the series of MOVEit mass-hacks, claimed responsibility for stealing gigabytes of data from various companies, including Estée Lauder’s archives. Furthermore, another ransomware gang listed Estée Lauder as one of their victims.
In recent developments, Clop’s leak site disclosed other affected organizations, such as the U.K. government’s communications regulator Ofcom and Ireland’s general communications regulator ComReg.
Interestingly, while Ofcom and ComReg were initially listed on Clop’s leak site, they have since been removed. Clop claims to delete government-related data it acquires, potentially explaining why U.S. government agencies have not yet been publicly disclosed.
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