A number of organizations impacted by the mass hacks exploiting a security flaw in the MOVEit file transfer tool, including energy giant Shell and U.S.-based First Merchants Bank, have confirmed that hackers accessed sensitive data.
According to Brett Callow, threat analyst at Emsisoft, the widely exploited vulnerability in Progress Software’s MOVEit file transfer service has affected more than 200 organizations since the mass-hacks began last month. He tells TechCrunch there have been at least 33 data breach disclosures so far, taking the total number of affected individuals to more than 17.5 million people.
As the number of victims continues to grow, so does the number of confirmed data breaches.
Shell this week confirmed in a brief statement that hackers have accessed “some personal information relating to emp …
