Security News > 2023 > October > ASVEL basketball team confirms data breach after ransomware attack
French professional basketball team LDLC ASVEL has confirmed that data was stolen after the NoEscape ransomware gang claimed to have attacked the club.
"Alerted on October 12 through the press and having immediately contacted companies specializing in the field of cybersecurity, LDLC ASVEL is unfortunately today able to confirm that it has indeed been the victim of a violation of its computer system, with data exfiltration," reads a press statement from ASVEL. The threat actors claimed to have stolen 32 GB of data, including the personal data of players, passports and ID cards, and many documents relating to finance, taxation, and legal matters.
The NoEscape ransomware gang is using this stolen data as leverage, threatening to publish it by October 20, 2023, unless ASVEL contacts them to negotiate a ransom payment.
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