Ransomware Attack Affects Cultural Organizations in France
INCIDENT
Forum Sirius, a ticketing software provider was informed on June 28 that it had been the target of a cyberattack. Forum Sirius serves more than 400 cultural organisations.
The Forum Sirius database contains 5,986,188 records including user IDs, names, addresses, phone numbers, emails, and other personal information although bank details are claimed to have been protected. It is claimed that those behind last month’s attack are offering to sell the database to a single buyer for $2,000 (£1,500/€1,850).
References
- Forum Sirius hack continues to damage French cultural organisations
- Ticketing provider targeted by cyberattack, MC2 affected
- National cyberattack hits Toulouse theatre, customer data ‘potentially’ affected
- Theft of personal data: in Mulhouse, a cyberattack targeted a service provider of Filature and the Opéra National du Rhin
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