US Mineral Mining Firm Discloses Cyberattack

March 24, 2025

INCIDENT

Mineral exploration services company, Boart Longyear Group, Ltd., suffered a cyberattack last summer.
The attack occurred between June 29, 2024 and August 31, 2024. The company discovered it August 31 when identified suspicious activity within the network. Upon discovering the activity, the company took steps to secure the network.

After an investigation, notified victims about the hack on March 6, 2025. The company said "An unauthorized actor gained access to certain files within the network containing some personal information".

Incident Date

June 29, 2024

Estimated Cost


No cost values disclosed.

Type of Malware

No Malware identified

Threat Source

No threat source identified

Industries

Mining

Impacts

IT Privacy