Security News > 2022 > October > Hive claims ransomware attack on Tata Power, begins leaking data
Hive ransomware group has claimed responsibility for a cyber attack disclosed by Tata Power this month.
A subsidiary of the multinational conglomerate Tata Group, Tata Power is India's largest integrated power company based in Mumbai.
Hive operators are seen posting data they claim to have stolen from Tata Power, indicating that the ransom negotiations failed.
Hive begins leaking data allegedly stolen from Tata Power.
As of a few hours ago, operators behind the Hive ransomware group are seen leaking data allegedly stolen from Tata Power on their leak site.
Hive operators claim that they encrypted Tata Power's data on October 3rd. On Friday, October 14th, Tata Power disclosed a cyber attack on its "IT infrastructure impacting some of its IT systems" in a stock filing without sharing additional information with regard to the whereabouts of the threat actor.
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