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Microsoft said Lace Tempest, the group behind the ransomware variant, have used similar vulnerabilities in the past to steal data and extort victims.

The BBC, British Airways and Boots have been caught up in a cyber incident that has exposed employee personal data, including bank and contact details, to hackers.

Attackers using an unpatched exploit for Progress Software’s MOVEit Transfer product breached a number of large companies. TechCrunch lists BBC, BA, and Nova Scotia’s government as known victims already. Microsoft Threat Intelligence linked these to an affiliate of the Clop ransomware group, which TechCrunch notes has previously attacked exploits in other file transfer tools like GoAnywhere, and typically demands payment to not post the stolen records online.

Microsoft reveals critical flaw exploit in Progress Software MOVEit Transfer app, linking it to notorious threat actor Lace Tempest.

The Clop ransomware gang has told BleepingComputer they are behind the MOVEit Transfer data-theft attacks, where a zero-day vulnerability was exploited to breach multiple companies servers and steal data.

Hackers exploited a vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer software last week to access a range of information which is now casting a cloud over a growing number of UK firms and their staff.

With shades of the GoAnywhere attacks, a cyber threat actor linked to FIN11 is leveraging a bug in the widely used managed file transfer product to steal data from organizations in multiple countries.

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Users of the popular file transfer app from Progress Software used by 1,700 software companies and 3.5 million developers are urged to patch immediately.