June 12, 2023 By Jonathan Greig
The Swiss government warned citizens that operational data may have been accessed by ransomware actors during a recent attack on an IT company.
On May 23, the Play ransomware group claimed it attacked Xplain – a Swiss IT firm providing services to several federal agencies in the country. The ransomware group leaked the files it stole from the company on June 1, which it claimed included 907 GB of financial and other data.
Xplain did not respond to requests for comment but a spokesperson for Switzerland's National Center for Cybersecurity directed Recorded Future News to a lengthy statement published on Friday providing information about the incident.
