Security News > 2024 > March > Switzerland: Play ransomware leaked 65,000 government documents
The National Cyber Security Centre of Switzerland has released a report on its analysis of a data breach following a ransomware attack on Xplain, disclosing that the incident impacted thousands of sensitive Federal government files.
The Swiss government started investigating the leaked files and instantly admitted that the leaked data might contain documents belonging to the Federal Administration of Switzerland.
Around 5,000 documents contained sensitive information, including personal data, technical details, classified information, and account passwords.
The investigation's extensive duration is attributed to the complexity of analyzing unstructured data and the large volume of the leaked data, which required significant time and resources to triage documents relevant to the Federal Administration.
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