London Drugs hackers seek millions in ransom on claims of stolen employee data

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London Drugs hackers seek millions in ransom on claims of stolen employee data
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A notorious hacking group has claimed responsibility for the attack on the dark web, but London Drugs says it has no intention to pay the ransom.

London Drugs has confirmed that the cybersecurity breach that forced it to close stores across Western Canada for more than a week was aIn a statement, the company said there remained no indication that customer or “primary employee” data was accessed. But it confirmed that the attackers were able to steal files from its corporate head office, some of which may include employee information.“ London Drugs is unwilling and unable to pay ransom to these cybercriminals,” the company said.

Callow said notorious ransomware operation LockBit has claimed responsibility on its dark web extortion website. That operation led to the arrest of two people in Poland and Ukraine and the seizure of 200 cryptocurrency accounts.as Russian national Dmitry Khoroshev. who is now the subject of a $10 million reward posted by U.S. authorities.

The company said Tuesday it was not able to provide specifics on the nature or extent of potentially affected employee personal information.

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