The Indian company Tata is probably one of the big fish that threat actors were wishing to catch. Plenty of data, lots of worldwide customers and a bank account that can pay a reasonable ransom.
Indian tech giant Tata Technologies hit by ransomware attack
It appears from initial press releases from the company that the operational impact was small and customer operations were not affected – although investigations by cyber security experts are ongoing.
Your Takeaway
You are probably not as big a target as a large multinational organisation, your issue is what happens when a phishing attack includes ransomware as its package. You may not be of direct interest for the ransomware gang but they have still got you even though it was by (bad) luck.
Is it time to review your ransomware specific section of your Incident Response Plan?
Could you do with some help? Then I have a Back-to-Basics guide for that.
Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security) – by-line and other articles
