Tens of thousands of employees of British Airways, the UK drugstore chain Boots and Britain's BBC were among those who had their personal data exposed following a wide-ranging breach centered on a popular file transfer tool, the organizations confirmed on Monday.
, said the attack had included some of its employees' personal details. The BBC said it was working with Zellis "as they urgently investigate the extent of the breach.", disclosed a flaw last week that could have allowed hackers to intercept data being exchanged through the program.on Sunday said it believed the group behind the hacks was "Lace Tempest" - the nickname assigned to online extortionists who run the cl0p ransomware site.
In an email to Reuters, the "cl0p team" confirmed it was responsible for the breaches, saying "it was our attack" and that victims who refused to pay would be named on its website. The group did not immediately respond to a request for more details. Boots employs over 50,000 people in Britain. British Airways has about 30,000 staff, and the BBC employs more than 21,000 people.
Reporting by Raphael Satter in Washington, Sarah Young and Muvija M in London and Eva Mathews in Bengaluru; Editing by Paul Sandle and Bill Berkrot
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