Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2023-08-02 00:00:00
Affected organization: Parathon
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Data Attack
Motive: Financial
Actor: Akira
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The Akira ransomware group adds U.S.-based software company Parathon to its victim list. The hackers claimed to have 560 GB of data of employee data and other information, exfiltrated after the Parathon cyber attack.