Ransomware Attack On Moncler
Italian luxury brand Moncler has suffered a cyber attack in which criminals stole data and published it on the Dark Web.
The company confirmed the attack on Tuesday 18th January, stating that it had suffered from a data breach after being attacked by the AlphV/BlackCat ransomware operation in December.
The attack happened during December 2021, when the luxury fashion brand announced an interruption in its IT services, but the company assured that the attack would result in nothing more than a temporary outage.
The attack caused an outage of its IT services, in the final week of 2021, causing a temporary outage of its IT services which delayed shipments of goods ordered online.Moncler reportedly refused to pay a ransom to its attackers, leading them to publish information belonging to employees, former employees, customers, consultants, business partners, and suppliers online.
The company said in a statement: "While the investigation related to the attack is still ongoing, Moncler confirms that the stolen information refers to its employees and former employees, some suppliers, consultants and business partners, as well as customers registered in its database. “With regard to information linked to customers, the company informs that no data relating to credit cards or other means of payment have been exfiltrated, as the company does not store such data on its systems."
Moncler does not store credit card information and stated that financial data had not been exfiltrated. In addition, the brief interruption to the logistical side of the company’s operations brought on by the attack had not affected its profits.
Researchers at online fraud protection firm PerimiterX commented on the attack, saying that while data breaches and ransom demands continue to plague companies, protecting customer and employee data is becoming increasingly important and pushing sensitive data behind protected perimeters is no longer sufficient to prevent a malicious data breach.
Moncler that the interruption to its IT systems and logistics services has not caused a material impact on the group's economic results.
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