GhostR claims it has stolen data from Australian logistics company Victorian Freight Specialists
June 5, 2024 |
These days hackers are quite sophisticated in announcing successful attacks. Often that is done via forums in the dark web. And so GhostR, a financially motivated hacker group, claims to have stolen have stolen data from Australian logistics company Victorian Freight Specialists. There has been nary a word from Victorian Freight Specialists.That does not mean Victorian Freight are being especially clever or this is part of its strategy. More often than not companies have no data breach response plan. GIven GhostR claims to have breached the company on 26 May and taken 846 gigabytes of company data taken on May 26. Sample data appears to include internal data taken from an SQL database and screenshots of logon screens. Information Security Media Group could not immediately verify the legitimacy of the data. The company website appeared to briefly go dark, although it is currently working. Victorian Freight Specialists did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
GhostR only recently threatened to release records stolen from World-Check, a screening database that banks and other institutions use to combat financial crimes and enforce government sanctions. It has posted a spreadsheet containing the names of members of royal families from across the globe and spreadsheets listing identified terrorists.
GhostR engages in cyber extortion via doxing. The story has been picked up by cyber daily with Victorian Freight Specialists suffers alleged 800+GB data breach.