"US Energy Firm Shares How Akira Ransomware Hacked Its Systems"

The US energy services company BHI Energy has detailed how the Akira ransomware operation breached its network and stole data. BHI Energy is an engineering services and staffing solutions provider that supports private and government-operated oil and gas, nuclear, wind, solar, and fossil power generation units, as well as electricity transmission and distribution facilities. In a data breach notification sent to affected people by BHI Energy, the company describes in detail how the Akira ransomware group breached its network on May 30, 2023. The Akira threat actor accessed BHI Energy's internal network using a third-party contractor's stolen Virtual Private Network (VPN) credentials. This article continues to discuss details regarding how the Akira ransomware operation breached BHI Energy's networks.

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