Officials from the zoo did not respond to requests for comment about how many people were affected but a notice published this week says the hackers copied transaction data which includes “information about all guests and members” who bought general admission tickets. For guests and members who conducted credit card transactions between January 2022 and April 2023, the last four digits of card numbers and expiration dates were stolen by the hackers. The Toronto Zoo published a notice this week about the cyberattack in January 2024 following an analysis of the incident to figure out what data was accessed by the hackers. A cyberattack last year exposed information about every visitor to the Toronto Zoo between 2000 and April 2023. “A copy of transaction data was taken and was leaked on the dark web last year,” the organization said. In addition to the days of operational difficulties caused by the attack, it has been “extremely challenging” because the organization lost decades of wildlife conservation research as a result of the incident. The attack was claimed by the Akira ransomware group, which said it stole 133 gigabytes of data that allegedly included confidential agreements, personal files and more.
This Cyber News was published on therecord.media. Publication date: Wed, 05 Mar 2025 21:30:21 +0000