"Norton Parent Says Employee Data Stolen in MOVEit Ransomware Attack"

Gen Digital, the company behind known cybersecurity brands such as Avast, Avira, AVG, Norton, and LifeLock, has recently announced that employees' personal information was compromised in the recent MOVEit ransomware attack.  The attack exploited a zero-day vulnerability in the MOVEit Transfer managed file transfer (MFT) software that Progress Software disclosed on May 31.  Gen Digital revealed that employees' compromised personal information includes names, addresses, birth dates, and business email addresses.  The company noted that they use MOVEit for file transfers and have remediated all of the known vulnerabilities in the system.  The company said there was no impact to their core IT systems or services and that no customer or partner data has been exposed. 

SecurityWeek reports: "Norton Parent Says Employee Data Stolen in MOVEit Ransomware Attack"