Engineering firm Parker-Hannifin confirmed a data breach exposing employees’ data by an unauthorised party.
Engineering firm Parker-Hannifin confirmed a data breach exposing employees’ personal information by an unauthorised party.
An unauthorised party gained access to Parker’s IT systems from March 11 and March 14, 2022.
After learning of this incident, Parker’s IT team immediately activated its incident response protocols, which included shutting down specific systems.
Parker launched an investigation with the assistance of a forensic investigation firm and other third-party cyber security and incident response professionals.
On May 13, 2022, Parker-Hannifin began notifying individuals two months after the data breach. All informed individuals are being offered two years of credit monitoring.
The compromised data comprises the personal information of current, and former employees enrolled in Parker’s Group Health Plans and their dependents.
The compromised information includes:
- Full name
- Date of birth
- Social Security Number
- Home address
- U.S passport number
- Driver’s licence number
- Online account username and password
- Health insurance dates of coverage
- Financial account information (bank account and routing numbers)
“The Conti ransomware group claimed responsibility on April 1, 2022, when the notorious gang published 3% of the data they allegedly stole during their attack. Full publication of the entire 419 GB data set followed on April 20, which likely means that negotiations for the payment of a ransom had failed or never occurred, ” reports BleepingComputer.
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