Cybersecurity
Hackers Contacted Cybersecurity Firm CEO’s Son, Wife in Extortion Attempt
- Criminals accessed contract management system at Dragos
- New employee’s personal email was entry point, blog says
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Hackers stole contracts from cybersecurity firm Dragos Inc. as part of an extortion attempt that included contacting the chief executive officer’s wife and 5-year-old son, according to a company blog post, documents provided by the suspected hackers and interviews.
The firm didn’t pay the hackers, who gained access to internal documents after breaching the personal email account of a newly hired Dragos sales employee, CEO Robert M. Lee told Bloomberg News in an interview.