US-Canada water org confirms 'cybersecurity incident' after ransomware crew threatens leak

The International Joint Commission, a body that manages water rights along the US-Canada border, has confirmed its IT security was targeted, after a ransomware gang claimed it stole 80GB of data from the organization. "The International Joint Commission has experienced a cybersecurity incident, and we are working with relevant …

[KittenHuffer]

At least .....

..... if they release the docs then there will be no need to pay for the decryption key!

Mine's the one with the off-site backups in the pocket!

[spold]

Of course...

DAMn BREACHES!! Makes me boil!

Hope the attackers bottle out.

Expect a torrent of complaints.

[Paul Hovnanian]

Russians?

"NoEscape operators do not target organizations based in the former Soviet Union."

Or do they know what the FSB will do to them if caught?

[Grunchy]

“Water Rights” info

This is something probably nobody cares about. It’s like, some guy hacks the FBI website. So? I honest to God never clicked on the FBI website. I could not care less.

What I’d really like to know about is the knob who’s gonna sift through 80 GB of stolen water rights data in search of the tiniest interesting thing. Who is that guy. Why is he such a looser.

[Alistair]

Uuuhm. Lithuania was part of the Russian republic, and after WWII was part of the Soviet, so the comment that they don't touch ex russian states isn't 100% correct.

I'll concede that the Lithuanian populace in general were never in agreement with being part of the Soviet......

Water rights between US and Canada are really not a huge issue at the general populace level, although there are Native Rights groups that contest a lot of the water rights stuff.

I'm guessing that the invaders went "Oh LOOK, this stuff labelled "CONFIDENTIAL" that means it will cause controversy and conflict!!!! YAY!!!"

When much of that is confidential simply because of the nature of the negotiations.