Implications of data leaks of sensitive OT information. [Research Saturday]

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🗓️ 19 March 2022

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Guest Nathan Brubaker from Mandiant joins Dave Bittner on this episode to discuss Mandiant Threat Intelligence's research: "1 in 7 Ransomware Extortion Attacks Leak Critical Operational Technology Information." Data leaks have always been a concern for organizations. The exposure of sensitive information can result in damage to reputation, legal penalties, loss of intellectual property, and even impact the privacy of employees and customers. However, there is little research about the challenges posed to industrial organizations when threat actors disclose sensitive details about their OT security, production, operations, or technology. In 2021, Mandiant Threat Intelligence continued observing ransomware operators attempting to extort thousands of victims by disclosing terabytes of stolen information on shaming sites. This trend, which Mandiant Threat Intelligence refers to as “Multifaceted Extortion,” impacted over 1,300 organizations from critical infrastructure and industrial production sectors in just one year. Nathan walks us through their research and findings. The research can be found here: 1 in 7 Ransomware Extortion Attacks Leak Critical Operational Technology Information

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1:26.7	I'm Dave Bitner and this is our weekly conversation with researchers and analysts tracking
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1:55.1	Our partners in IT who have been kind of tracking this stuff a bit more closely than we had noticed that there had been some media attention to a couple of different specifically over the past couple of years.
1:57.6	We were curious and dug a bit deeper and found quite a bit of OT, like pretty much
2:02.1	everything an attacker would ever want to plan any type of attack essentially.
2:07.1	That's Nathan Brubaker. He's a director at Mandient. The research we're discussing today is titled One in Seven Ransomware Extortion
2:15.2	Attacks, leak critical operational technology information. What are you most proud of this week? Hello, caller 1.
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