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Cyberattack on debt acquisition firm Cabot involved theft of 394,000 data files, court hears

Posted on November 29, 2024 by Dissent

The Irish Times reports:

A cyber attack targeting acquisition and credit servicing firm Cabot involved theft of some 394,000 data files, including material related to its direct customers and its loan book, the High Court has heard.

Cabot Financial (Ireland) Ltd, Cookstown Court, Old Belgard Road, Tallaght, Dublin, claims there are “persons unknown” behind the attack along with a UK-incorporated web hosting provider called Aeza International Ltd.

Last month, Cabot was granted an injunction requiring Aeza and the “persons unknown” to deliver up some 356 GB of data initially removed from Cabot’s IT system between September 17th and 18th last.

Read more at The Irish Times.

Category: Financial SectorNon-U.S.

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