Leicester City Council has confirmed that confidential data has been published online by a “known ransomware group” following a cyber incident that was identified on March 7.
The UK local authority said on April 3 that around 25 documents have been leaked, including rent statements, applications to purchase council housing and personal identification documents such as passport information.
The attack was reportedly perpetrated by the Inc Ransom group, who claimed to have stolen 3TB of data from Leicester City Council.
The group also included a ‘proof pack’ in a post on its data leak site, which included various sensitive documents, including individuals’ passports and bank statements.
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