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Hive Ransomware Targets Tata Power

The Hive ransomware group claimed responsibility for a cyber attack on Tata Power that occurred on October 3rd and disclosed files including employment contracts and senior executive pay packages. Tata Power had declared a cyber attack on October 14th and said critical systems were functioning but employee and customer portals had restricted access. Hive is one of the most successful ransomware organizations currently operating in a professional manner like other notorious groups, guiding victims through ransom payments via live chat.

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Hive Ransomware Targets Tata Power

The Hive ransomware group claimed responsibility for a cyber attack on Tata Power that occurred on October 3rd and disclosed files including employment contracts and senior executive pay packages. Tata Power had declared a cyber attack on October 14th and said critical systems were functioning but employee and customer portals had restricted access. Hive is one of the most successful ransomware organizations currently operating in a professional manner like other notorious groups, guiding victims through ransom payments via live chat.

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The "Hive" ransomware group

has claimed responsibility for


a cyber attack disclosed by
Tata Power.
Hive claimed to have encrypted the systems
of the electric utility subsidiary of Tata
Group on 3 October at around 7 pm,
disclosing the attack on 24 October in a post
on its leak site. The files includes
employment contracts, supplier contracts,
'master' files on various employees,
documents detailing senior executives'
remuneration packages, and more.

This comes after Tata Power declared on 14


October in a stock exchange filing it had
suffered a cyber attack on its IT
infrastructure.
The company said it had taken steps to
retrieve and restore the systems, without
revealing what kind of attack it was or who it
was carried out by.

“All critical operational systems are


functioning; however, as a measure of
abundant precaution, restricted access and
preventive checks have been put in place for
employee and customer-facing portals and
touch points,” the company said at the time.

Hive is one of the most successful


ransomware organisations currently in
operation and is run in a similarly
'professional' fashion as other high-profile
gangs of past and present, such as REvil and
LockBit. Once infected, victims are taken to
a bespoke portal where there are agents
working for Hive that guide victims through
the ransom payment process via live chat
functionality.
Hive is known for its aggressive and
unsympathetic approach to negotiating
ransom payments and has been observed
using tactics such as triple extortion - a
method becoming increasingly popular
among the most well-resourced groups.

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