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Amey IT Security Attack Still Unresolved

Amey IT Security Attack Still Unresolved
26 January 2021
 

A “complex IT security incident” of Amey’s systems in December 2020 remains unresolved, meaning parts of their system are still offline.

As stated on jointwastesolutions.org, certain garden waste collection customers are unable to make payments due to this issue. This includes residents of Surrey Heath and Woking, but bin collections are continuing as normal.

Amey is one of the top five support services suppliers in the UK, employing 16,000 people, and is responsible for managing the UK’s defence estate,  as well as delivering other utilities services.

 

Mount Locker Ransomware Group 

 

As published by Security Report, the attack was orchestrated by ransomware group Mount Locker. Leaked documents present in the dump published by Mount Locker includes: contracts, financial documents ,NDAs, correspondence between Amey and government departments, scans of passports, driving licenses, and identity documents of company employees and directors and financial reports.

Security Report confirmed on 3 Jan 2020 that the total stolen data is about 143 GB in size, of which 50 per cent has now been published on their leak site.

 

No Residential Data at Risk?

 

A spokesperson for Amey told ThisWeekinFM:

“Late last year, Amey became aware of a complex IT security incident and based on our investigations to date, a portion of our data was compromised. We have reported the incident to the Information Commissioner’s Office, the National Cyber Security Centre and the National Crime Agency.

“We continue to work with world-leading cyber-security experts to manage and assess the impact of this incident and are liaising with clients to keep any disruption to a minimum.”

According to Amey, “based on investigations to date, there is no evidence to suggest that any resident personal data has been impacted by the incident.”

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Article written by Ella Tansley | Published 26 January 2021

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