Uber Freight reportedly investigating after hacking group claims data breach

A hacking and extortion pack has taken recognition for a cyberattack and information breach astatine Uber Freight, the ride-sharing giant’s logistics subsidiary.

A spokesperson for Uber Freight told Reuters, which archetypal reported the incident, that determination was nary effect connected its concern operations and that its systems were moving usually (The institution did not instantly respond to TechCrunch’s questions astir the incident.)

The shipping institution is the latest unfortunate successful a spate of hacks successful caller weeks conducted by the Helix hacking group, which has targeted proscription companies, fiscal giants, and backstage equity firms passim the year. The hackers are known for targeting companies and exfiltrating ample amounts of information from their unreality environments, which they past endanger to people if the unfortunate companies bash not wage a ransom.

In a station connected its information leak site, which it uses to big the stolen files, the Helix hackers assertion to person taken mailboxes, unreality retention drives, files relating to accounts payable and dispatch documents from Uber Freight.

Some of the files seen by TechCrunch look to amusement email correspondence betwixt Uber Freight and respective of its customers. TechCrunch could not instantly verify the authenticity of the files, which appeared to beryllium dated astir mid-June.

Uber Freight has not yet said if it received immoderate correspondence from the hackers, oregon if it paid the hackers a ransom. 

Google said earlier this week that the Helix hacking radical is portion of a wider umbrella corporate of hackers that it tracks arsenic UNC6671. The pack relies connected societal engineering tactics, specified arsenic dependable phishing, a maneuver that involves calling up IT helpdesks and requesting the reset of worker passwords. Security researchers person agelong warned that these attacks, portion crude and rudimentary, are highly effectual astatine tricking humans into granting entree to delicate systems.

In its blog post, Google said a reappraisal of the gang’s bitcoin wallets shows it has made astatine slightest $10.6 cardinal successful ransom payments betwixt January and May this year.