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Clop ransomware gang names dozens of victims hit by Cleo mass-hack, but several firms dispute breaches


The Russia-linked ransomware group is threatening to leak data stolen from almost 60 Cleo Software customers if ransoms aren't paid

The prolific Clop ransomware gang has named dozens of corporate victims it claims to have hacked in recent weeks after exploiting a vulnerability ​​in several enterprise popular file transfer products developed by U.S. software company Cleo. In a post on its dark web leak site, seen by TechCrunch, the Russia-linked Clop gang listed 59 organizations it claims to have breached by exploiting the high-risk bug in Cleo’s software tools. Christine Panayotou, a spokesperson for Linfox, an Australian logistics firm that Clop listed on its leak site, also disputed the gang’s claims, saying the company does not use Cleo software and has “not experienced a cyber incident involving its own systems.”

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