Bologna refused to pay the ransom demanded.
Italian football team Bologna Football Club 1909 has had data compromised following an attack against its internal security systems.
The attack was claimed by the RansomHub ransomware operation, which has since exposed all of the exfiltrated information after the football team refused to pay the demanded amount even after a two-day extension.
In a statement, the team said: “Bologna FC 1909 S.p.a. would like to communicate that a ransomware cyber-attack recently targeted its internal security systems.
“The crime resulted in the theft of company data which may appear online. Please be warned that it is a serious criminal offence to be in possession of such data or facilitate its publication or diffusion.”
Included in the data purportedly stolen and exposed by RansomHub were new and young Bologna FC players' personal and confidential files, fans' and employees' data, stadium and structure details, and the football team's sponsorship contracts and commercial strategies.
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
