United Kingdom
GBR
Clarksons discloses 2017 data breach and ransom demand; business operations unaffected
Clarksons learned on November 7, 2017 of unauthorized access to certain UK systems, data exfiltration, and a ransom demand. The company disabled the compromised account, notified regulators and law enforcement, and stated the incident did not affect its ability to do business.
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Estimated severity
8 / 100
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Source reliability
84 / 100
Approximate Date
07/11/2017
Targeted Company
CLARKSONS
Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact
Distribution & Fulfillment
Procurement & Sourcing
Production & Manufacturing
Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)
Warehousing
Service Delivery
Unrecognized Impact
Supply Chain Relations
No information
Geographic Impact
Country Targeted Company
Other Affected Countries
No other affected countries reported
Target country
United Kingdom
Affected countries
United Kingdom
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
No information
Affected sectors
Transportation
Affected departments
No information
Attack Profile
Attack types
Unauthorized accessData exfiltrationData breachExtortion
Attributed threat actors
No information
Sources
Incident Sources
prnewswire.comhttps://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/re-clarkson-plc-clarksons-notice-of-data-breach-300688782.htmloffshore-energy.bizhttps://www.offshore-energy.biz/clarksons-falls-victim-to-cyber-security-breachbleepingcomputer.comhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/shipping-firm-avoids-customer-data-dump-in-last-years-hack-and-ransom-incident