{"id":532,"date":"2023-06-14T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hspgroupstg.wpenginepowered.com\/https-www-hsp-com-blog-data-security-zellis-breach-and-importance-of-regulatory-compliance\/"},"modified":"2024-05-06T11:17:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T15:17:15","slug":"data-security-zellis-breach-and-the-importance-of-regulatory-compliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hsp.com\/data-security-zellis-breach-and-the-importance-of-regulatory-compliance\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Security: Zellis Breach and Ensuring Regulatory Compliance"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"532\" class=\"elementor elementor-532\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c50c867 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c50c867\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e5ad318\" data-id=\"2e5ad318\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-394d9f47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"394d9f47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Data breaches once again made the headlines last week. In late May, we saw the\u00a0GDPR rule-breaking of Meta (Facebook),\u00a0leading to the imposition of a \u20ac<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">1.2 billion fine (subject to an appeal), and now there is a potentially disastrous breach of private information held by companies in the UK (United Kingdom).<\/span>\u00a0<\/p><p><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">To date, several major household name companies, including the BBC, BA (British Airways), and Boots, have all reported data breaches that link to their relationship with popular payroll provider Zellis. Russian cybercrime group Clop claims to have perpetrated the breach. They did so by exposing a vulnerability in the file transfer software used by Zellis. <\/span>\u00a0<\/p><p><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">In addition to the companies mentioned, Aer Lingus, The University of Rochester, and the Government of Nova Scotia all claim to be implicated in this breach. Estimates suggest that the hackers will access the records of hundreds of thousands of employees tied to these organizations.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p><p><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Clop has threatened to publish the hacked data <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">if their financial demands are not met and are understood to have said they have &#8220;downloaded a lot of your data from hundreds of companies.&#8221; Clop is looking for a &#8220;price to delete.&#8221; Experts believe that financially motivated criminals, rather than a group tied to the Russian state, are behind Clop.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p><h4><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">The Importance of Data Compliance<\/span><\/h4><p><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div> <a href=\"https:\/\/hsp.com\/data-security-zellis-breach-and-the-importance-of-regulatory-compliance\/#more-532\" class=\"more-link elementor-more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Data Security: Zellis Breach and Ensuring Regulatory Compliance\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data breaches once again made the headlines last week. 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