Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2019-12-24 00:00:00
Affected organization: The Heritage Company
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Data Attack
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The Heritage Company, a telemarketing company, sends home more than 300 employees and tells them to find new jobs after IT recovery efforts didn't go according to plan following a ransomware incident that took place at the start of October 2019.