Transportation Provider, WEL Companies, Hit in Cyberattack
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Transportation provider, De Pere, Wisconsin-based WEL Companies, Inc. suffered a cyberattack last January and is now letting victims know their personally indentifiable information ended up stolen in the hack.
“On January 31, 2025, WEL noted unusual activity on its network,” the company said in a letter to victims. “In response, WEL immediately took steps to secure its digital environment and engaged a leading, independent, cybersecurity firm to conduct an investigation.”
As a result of the investigation, WEL learned attackers gained access to certain data stored on its systems and certain individuals’ personal information may reside in the potentially affected data. According to the noticed, there were 122,960 victims in the attack.
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