Metro Vancouver Transit Police say the agency was targeted by hackers who accessed almost 200 of its files as part of a global wave of attacks that U.S. officials have blamed on a Russian cyber-extortion gang.

Looks like part of the MOVEit hack

  • zephyreks
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    2 years ago

    What purpose do the Russians have for grabbing Metro Vancouver Transit Police files?

    • Shell@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      The ransom gang grabbed files belonging to a bunch of organizations, not just the Transit Police. It was a breach of a 3rd party software maker who hosts files. They’re most likely holding the data for ransom.