Security News > 2021 > August > Accenture Confirms LockBit Ransomware Attack
The LockBit ransomware-as-a-service gang has published the name and logo of what's purportedly one of its latest victims: Accenture, the global business consulting firm with an insider track on some of the world's biggest, most powerful companies.
In a post on its Dark Web site, LockBit offered up Accenture databases for sale, along with a requisite jab at what the gang deemed to be Accenture's pathetic security.
A hacker group using Lockbit Ransomware says they have hacked the consulting firm Accenture and will release data in several hours, CNBC has learned.
According to BleepingComputer, the group that threatened to publish Accenture's data - allegedly stolen during a recent cyberattack - is known as LockBit 2.0.
Sources familiar with the attack told BleepingComputer that Accenture confirmed the ransomware attack to at least one computer telephony integration vendor and that it's in the process of notifying more customers.
"Ron Bradley, vice president of third-party risk-management firm Shared Assessments, told Threatpost on Wednesday that the Accenture incident is"a prime example of the difference between business resiliency and business continuity.
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https://threatpost.com/accenture-lockbit-ransomware-attack/168594/
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