Security News > 2022 > February > Vice Society said to be behind digital break-in at UK umbrella and accounting group

Optionis, the group that includes umbrella and accountancy companies providing services to tech contractors, has confirmed that following last month's digital break-in customer data is being leaked online.

Parent Optionis Group later said that divisions SJD Accountancy and Nixon Williams were also hit.

"Our security team has now detected that some data belonging to Optionis was copied from our system and we believe some of that has been leaked online," he added.

According to infosec experts, Vice Society - the same gang that snared retail chain Spar last year - is behind the attack on Optionis.

The gang's leak site includes thousands of documents including spreadsheets, database files, and folders that it claims were taken from Optionis.

Brett Callow, a threat researcher at Emsisoft, told The Register: "Vice Society emerged in the middle of last year and has been observed to deploy multiple ransomware families, including HelloKitty and Zeppelin. They do appear to have some form of connection with the threat group behind HelloKitty, FiveHands and DeathRansom but the nature of the relationship isn't clear." .

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