Cyber Alert: Dragos Says No Evidence of Breach
After the BlackCat ransomware group claimed to have hacked the security firm ‘Dragos’ systems via., third party.
The cybercrime group BlackCat and Alphv wrote to have hacked the industrial cybersecurity company’s systems through a third party and warned Dragos, to reach out within 24 hours or the cyber actors will begin the publication of both the facts and the data of executive members.
Dragos, had to initiate an investigation and later confirmed there is no evidence to date that the hackers’ allegations are true and also said that they hadn’t been contacted by cyber criminals, their investigation till date has not produced evidence of compromise of our data, systems. Dragos, will continue to investigate and monitor the situation.
Dragos, said this isn’t the first time a ransomware group has made apparently false claim against them. In the month of October, the threat actor behind the RansomedVC operation, which recently announced closing shop, made contradictory and highly confusing claims about hacking Accenture, Colonial pipe and them. At the time, the industrial cybersecurity firm described their claim as obvious false.
However, Dragos said that no data is stolen and it’s just an elaborate extortion scheme that included private messages being sent to company executives failed.
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