Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2023-04-30 00:00:00
Affected organization: HWL Ebsworth
Affected country: Australia
Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Data Attack
Motive: Financial
Actor: ALPHVM
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: The Australian commercial law firm HWL Ebsworth falls victim to a BlackCat, ransomware attack, with attackers claiming to have obtained client information and employee data.