Des pirates attaquent un fournisseur d'eau britannique mais envoie une demande de rançon à la mauvaise société • DCOD Cybersécurité

Voici une petit histoire recambolesque où les cybercriminels auraient demandé une rançon … à la mauvaise compagnie.

Selon les informations receullies, la cible n’était pas celle souhaitée.

Hackers Attack UK Water Supplier, Apparently Send Ransom Demand to the Wrong Company
A cyber-attack hit South Staffordshire Water, which supplies 1.3 million people. But hackers claimed they had breached the much larger Thames Water.

Confused cyber criminals have hacked a water company in a bizarre case of mistaken identity
A company which provides 1.6 million people with drinking water says it has been targeted by cyber criminals — who appear to mistakenly believe they’ve tapped into a different water supplier.

Hackers attack UK water supplier but extort wrong company
South Staffordshire Water, a company supplying 330 million liters of drinking water to 1.6m consumers daily, has issued a statement confirming IT disruption from a cyberattack.