Comparitech has reported that Transportation provider WEL Companies this week confirmed it notified 122,960 people of a January 2025 data breach that compromised names, SSNs, and state-issued ID info.
Rebecca Moody, Head of Data Research at Comparitech, provided the following commentary.
“Large data breaches following ransomware attacks on the transport sector are unusual. This is likely due to these companies not often being in possession of large datasets and/or highly sensitive information, and hackers being more focused on causing disruption by encrypting systems.
However, this breach on WEL Companies demonstrates how, if the data’s there to steal, hackers are going to try and make the most of their attack in a bid to increase their chances of securing a ransom payment. As WEL Companies deals with a multitude of companies (including Fortune 500 businesses) and has hundreds of drivers, RansomHub seized the opportunity of data theft and caused widespread disruption by doing so. It is the third-largest data breach on a transport company following a ransomware attack since we started recording data in 2018.”
The fact that a new sector is being targeted by threat actors is likely not a good thing because it illustrates that threat actors are running around doing whatever they want. And that needs to stop.
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Transportation provider notifies 123,000 people of a data breach
Comparitech has reported that Transportation provider WEL Companies this week confirmed it notified 122,960 people of a January 2025 data breach that compromised names, SSNs, and state-issued ID info.
Rebecca Moody, Head of Data Research at Comparitech, provided the following commentary.
“Large data breaches following ransomware attacks on the transport sector are unusual. This is likely due to these companies not often being in possession of large datasets and/or highly sensitive information, and hackers being more focused on causing disruption by encrypting systems.
However, this breach on WEL Companies demonstrates how, if the data’s there to steal, hackers are going to try and make the most of their attack in a bid to increase their chances of securing a ransom payment. As WEL Companies deals with a multitude of companies (including Fortune 500 businesses) and has hundreds of drivers, RansomHub seized the opportunity of data theft and caused widespread disruption by doing so. It is the third-largest data breach on a transport company following a ransomware attack since we started recording data in 2018.”
The fact that a new sector is being targeted by threat actors is likely not a good thing because it illustrates that threat actors are running around doing whatever they want. And that needs to stop.
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