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United States – DSC Logistics

Exploit: Ransomware
DSC Logistics: Shipping and Freight Logistics

Risk to Small Business: 1.775 = Severe

DSC logistics received an unwelcome delivery of Egregor ransomware. The attack was announced on the gang’s ransomware site. The company noted that it was successfully able to continue operations without incident. DSC has called in outside experts to investigate, and declined to comment on whether any data was stolen.

Individual Risk: No sensitive personal or financial information was announced as part of this incident, but the investigation is ongoing.

Customers Impacted: Unknown

How it Could Affect Your Customers’ Business: Ransomware has been a plague on every industry, but freight and logistics companies have been hit especially hard in recent months.

Source:
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ransomware-attack-targets-major-us-logistics-firm-dsc