Travelex Services still down after Ransomware Cyber-attack

London-based forex exchange company–Travelex, has been hit by a cyber-attack on New Year’s Eve forcing the exchange to suspend all online services and its official website immediately to limit the damages. Banks that use Travelex to run their foreign exchange services are still unable to sell travel money after a massive cyber-attack which happened two weeks ago.

“We regret having to suspend some of our services in order to contain the virus and protect data,” said Travelex chief executive Tony D’Souza. “We apologize to all our customers for any inconvenience caused as a result and are doing all we can to restore our full services as soon as possible.”

The firm said: “There is no evidence to suggest that customer data has been compromised.”

However, the hackers, a gang called Sodinokibi, have told the BBC they gained access to the company’s computer network six months ago and claim to have downloaded 5GB of sensitive customer data.

Dates of birth, credit card information and national insurance numbers are all in their possession, they said. Travelex said it is working closely with the Metropolitan Police, which is leading the investigation into the attack.

Reference:

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51097470?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cz4pr2gd85qt/cyber-security&link_location=live-reporting-story