Private Data Of 185,000 Customers Stolen in AutoZone Cyber Attack

In May, a ransomware gang compromised AutoZone, the biggest automotive parts retailer in the United States. An intrusion into AutoZone’s data storage took place in May of this year, exposing sensitive information of nearly 185,000 customers.

Hackers discovered vulnerabilities in the file transfer programme MOVEit, which led the ransomware gang Cl0p to claim responsibility for the attack.

The State of Maine, British Airways, the Louisiana Department of Motor Vehicles, and the public school system in New York City are among the other organisations that are impacted.

The report estimates that the data leak affected at least 62 million people, and the overall financial damage is estimated to be around $12 billion.

It was only last week that AutoZone notified the Maine Attorney General of the ransomware attack. Prior to patching any holes in its system, the company carried out its own investigation.

“AutoZone became aware that an unauthorised third party exploited a vulnerability associated with MOVEit and exfiltrated certain data from an AutoZone system that supports the MOVEit application,” re

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