American cookware distributor Meyer Corporation has suffered a ransomware attack that reportedly affected “thousands” of its employees.
The company has said it suffered a ransomware attack on October 25, 2021, with the threat actors deploying the Conti variant against the company’s endpoints.
The news followed an internal investigation that discovered the attackers made away with enough personally identifiable information on Meyer employees to be able to properly steal their identities.
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More specifically, they took full names, physical addresses, birthdates, gender and ethnicity information, Social Security numbers, health insurance information and data on employee medical conditions, random drug screening results, Covid vaccination cards, driver’s licenses, passport data, government ID numbers, permanent resident cards, immigration status information, and information on dependents.
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