Ransomware Attack causes massive data loss to Guess Fashion Brand

A February ransomware attack on fashion label Guess linked to Colonial Pipeline attackers DarkSide is still causing damage. Guess has started sending letters to 1,300 employees and contractors who had their personal and banking data exposed during the breach. Guess said the leaked data was discovered during a forensic examination of the attack, which was completed on June 3. “The information accessed or acquired may have included your Social-Security number, driver’s-license number, passport number, and/or financial account number,” the letter read. Guess director of public relations, Kaitlyn Quail, later clarified it wasn’t customers of the retailer who had their information compromised, rather what she called a “subset of employees and contractors whose information was involved Continue Reading