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Ransomware attack on US Navy shipbuilder leaked information of nearly 17,000 people

An April ransomware attack on a company that builds ships for the U.S. Navy exposed the information of nearly 17,000 people, according to documents filed with regulators in Maine this week.
The regulatory filing comes nearly nine months after several local news outlets in Wisconsin reported that Fincantieri Marine Group - the U.S. arm of Italian shipbuilding company Fincantieri - was dealing with a ransomware attack that caused widespread production issues.
The company told regulators in Maine that 16,769 people had information leaked due to the ransomware attack.
They are providing victims with two years of free credit monitoring services.
USNI reported in April that the shipyard builds the Navy's Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship and the Constellation-class guided-missile frigate.
The Navy did not respond to requests for comment in April or on Friday but told USNI at the time that it was aware of the incident.
According to USNI, the attack disrupted the servers that fed information to manufacturing machines.
For days, the machines responsible for welding, cutting and more were down after the servers were knocked offline.
The Green Bay Press Gazette reported that the shipyards in Marinette, Sturgeon Bay and Green Bay employ a total of about 2,300 people.
The company did not respond to requests for comment about whether the 16,769 people affected included current and former employees.
Another Navy shipbuilder - Austal - confirmed that it had faced a cyberattack in December after a ransomware gang took credit for the incident.
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Microsoft to keep all European cloud customers' personal data within EU. Jonathan Greig is a Breaking News Reporter at Recorded Future News.
Jonathan has worked across the globe as a journalist since 2014.
Before moving back to New York City, he worked for news outlets in South Africa, Jordan and Cambodia.
He previously covered cybersecurity at ZDNet and TechRepublic.


This Cyber News was published on therecord.media. Publication date: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 20:55:20 +0000


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