Australian iron ore miner Fortescue Metals has been the target of a cyber-attack, with Russian ransomware group C10pm claiming credit, including for the theft of data.
Fortescue confirmed the hack, describing it as “a low-impact cyber incident” that occurred on 28 May.
The information disclosed “was not confidential in nature,” Fortescue said in a statement, resulting in “the disclosure of a small portion of data from our networks”.
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“We notified the Australian Cyber Security Centre of the incident, and our internal investigation and remediation actions are now complete,” Fortescue said.
Fortescue Metals is the fourth-largest iron ore exporter in the world, with a market capitalisation of nearly $70bn.
The veracity of C10p’s claim about the nature of the hack is not known.
It posted: “The company doesn’t care about its customers, it ignored their security!!!” – a regular boast the gang makes about claimed attacks.
It has used the same precise form of words over previous hacks.
C10p says its cyber-attacks are “only financial motivated [sic]” and that it “do[es] not care anything about politics”.
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The group said no Fortescue documents or data had yet been leaked, giving the world’s fourth-largest iron ore exporter a chance to negotiate over a potential ransom.
C10p is one of the world’s most active and aggressive ransomware groups: its list of reported victims is more than 100 companies globally.
Earlier this week, Fortescue Metals cleared its executive chair, Andrew Forrest, of any wrongdoing after it ordered a secret review into an anonymous allegation that Forrest had had a relationship with an employee. It found the allegation unsubstantiated.
Last week, Forrest and his wife, Nicola, announced they were separating after 31 years of marriage.
2023-07-18 05:20:13
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