United States and British cybersecurity officials have warned that a Russian cyber-extortion gang’s hack of a file-transfer program popular with corporations could have a widespread global impact. Initial data-theft victims include the BBC, British Airways and Nova Scotia’s government.“This is potentially one of the most significant breaches of recent years,” said Brett Callow, an analyst at the cybersecurity firm Emsisoft. “We’ll have a better sense of how significant it is as more details emerge about the number and type of organisations impacted.”The Cl0p ransomware syndicate announced on its dark website late Tuesday that its victims – whom it suggests number in the hundreds – had until June 14 to get in touch to negotiate a ransom or risk having sensitive stolen data dumped online.
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