UK water supplier Southern Water has confirmed that it suffered a data breach after the Black Basta ransomware group appeared to leak customer data held by the firm. The utilities company, which serves around 4.6 million customers across Southern England, admitted in a post on January 23, 2024, that “a limited amount of data has been published.” “We are aware of a claim by cybercriminals that data has been stolen from some of our IT systems.

Source: Infosecurity