Southwest Binding & Laminating Hit by Ransomware Attack
INCIDENT
Missouri-based Southwest Plastic Binding Company, known as Southwest Binding & Laminating, suffered a ransomware attack at the beginning of February that may have exposed personal information, company officials said.
On February 1, Southwest noticed unusual activity on its internal network from a Southwest domain account with administrator privileges. The company immediately began investigating the incident. “We responded by immediately taking all servers offline. Additionally, on this same day, remediation efforts began, including efforts to restore critical business files and services."
Type of Malware
No Malware identified
Threat Source
No threat source identified