(Reuters) — Britain’s communications regulator Ofcom said Monday it was one of the organizations affected by a data theft hack centered on the popular file transfer tool MOVEit.
“A limited amount of information about certain companies we regulate — some of it confidential — along with personal data of 412 Ofcom employees, was downloaded during the attack,” the watchdog said in a statement.
Tens of thousands of employees of British Airways, drugstore chain Boots and the BBC were among those whose personal data was exposed following the breach, the companies said last week.
Ofcom said it took immediate action to prevent further use of the MOVEit service and to implement the recommended security measures.
