Warlock claims ransomware attack on network services firm Colt

Threat Score:
70
Computer Weekly IT Security
11 hours ago

Overview

London-headquartered telecoms and network services company Colt is attempting to bring various customer-facing services back online after being hit by a cyber attack claimed by the Warlock ransomware gang. GPT.display('halfpage') GPT.display('mu-1') The incident, which the firm at first chalked up to a technical issue, appears to have started on Tuesday 12 August at around 11am BST, when customers began reporting interruptions to their service. On the afternoon of Thursday 14 August Colt reporte...

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