Attackers accessed National Insurance numbers, copies of passports and bank details of staff.
The personal details of a Norfolk poultry factory in Norfolk have had personal details stolen in a cyber-attack.
According to BBC News, Banham Poultry said criminals had remotely accessed its system in the early hours of 18 August, with National Insurance numbers, copies of passports and bank details accessed.
The company refused to say whether the cyber attack involved ransomware, but said it had reported the incident to the Information Commissioner's Office and had installed "additional security".
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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.
