"Cold Storage Giant Americold Discloses Data Breach After April Malware Attack"
Cold storage and logistics giant Americold has recently confirmed that over 129,000 employees and their dependents had their personal information stolen in an April attack, later claimed by Cactus ransomware. Americold employs 17,000 people worldwide and operates more than 24 temperature-controlled warehouses across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America. The breach in April led to an outage affecting the company's operations after it was forced to shut down its IT network to contain the breach and "rebuild the impacted systems." Americold also told customers via a private memo issued after the attack to cancel all inbound deliveries and reschedule outbound shipments, except for those deemed critically time-sensitive and nearing expiration. Personal information stolen by the attackers includes a combination of name, address, Social Security number, driver's license/state ID number, passport number, financial account information (such as bank account and credit card numbers), and employment-related health insurance and medical information for each affected individual.