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U.S.-Saudi Arabian Business Council Hit by INC Ransom Hack

A non-profit organisation responsible for “connecting thousands of US and Saudi companies” falls victim to a ransomware attack. Senior members’ data are published online.

The INC Ransom gang claims to have hacked the US-Saudi Arabian Business Council, a non-profit organization aimed at connecting businesses in both countries.

A post on the hacker’s dark web leak site is dated 17 April, with a number of updates added since then.

“In the course of a successful cyber attack on this company, we have a large amount of confidential information at our disposal,” an INC Ransom spokesperson said in the leak site post.

Read the rest of the story at cyberdaily.

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