The 8base ransomware group claimed responsibility for a cyberattack against the Lyon Terminal platform on Monday. Accounting, personal and confidential data were allegedly recovered by the hackers.
Euro-regional multimodal platform, Lyon Terminal has been trapped by cybercriminals. The entity, which is both a river and rail terminal transporting both maritime containers and semi-trailers, is a victim of the 8base group. Its members have the particularity of considering themselves as “ honest pentesters ”, in other words ethical hackers. What data did they get their hands on?
Extensive data from Lyon Terminal exfiltrated
The 8base group says it has exfiltrated a large amount of personal data from Lyon Terminal. Cybercriminals talk about “ invoices, receipts, accounting documents, personal data, employment contracts, confidential information, confidentiality agreements and personal files ” and others.
The ransomware cyberattack, confirmed in particular by the specialist Valéry Marchive and the cyberdefense search engine Onyphe, only dates back a few days at most.
What is certain is that the pirates are giving the Lyon Terminal platform 72 hours, until April 19, to meet its demands. The group explains that it systematically offers its victims a Bitcoin wallet to facilitate transactions.
A group of hackers attacking companies that are careless with their IT security
The 8base group today specializes in data leaks, but also in the distribution of ransomware. If we trust its website, its objective is to target companies that have been negligent in their security.
The HC3 (Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center), an American government agency, explains that 8base is known to have attacked a medical establishment in the United States in 2023. It would have been active since 2022 and would have even been on the podium, for the duration of a months last year, of the most active groups on the cyber scene, targeting Western companies or institutions most of the time.
It is difficult to know what its real affiliation is (to a country, a region of the globe or other), or if it acts completely independently.
Sources: Clubic, Valéry Marchive via X.com
5