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Altus Group has announced that its data was breached by ransomware gang.

Exploit: Ransomware

Altus Group: Real Estate Software

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Risk to Business: 1.775 = Severe

Altus Group, a commercial real estate software solutions company, has announced that its data was breached. The company initially said that no data was stolen, a new ransomware group begs to differ. New cybercrime gang Hive has published samples of data allegedly stolen from Altus Group on its new dark website. The provided sample of exfiltrated files includes business data and documents, as well as Argus certificates and development files. No ransom amount has been confirmed and the incident is under investigation.

Individual Impact: There has not yet been confirmed that consumer personal or financial information has been compromised in this incident but the investigation is ongoing.

Customers Impacted: Unknown

How it Could Affect Your Customers’ Business In this economy, ransomware groups are only going to keep cropping up and that means your clients are facing new dangers every day.

Source: Security Affairs