Email System Temporarily Down at Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), a fisheries management organization for the East Coast, is dealing with a cyber incident following claims by a ransomware gang that it stole data.
ASMFC said this week that its email system is down. The organization was forced to create a temporary email address and provide a phone number people can use to contact the information.

The 8Base ransomware gang added the organization to its leak site, giving officials four days to pay an undisclosed ransom. The group claimed it stole invoices, personal data, contracts and more.

In a July notification ASMFC shared that 9,895 people could affected by the data breach.

Estimated Cost

forced to create a temporary email address; customers encourage to call

Threat Source

Impacts

IT Privacy