The identity information of millions of people in the US was stolen

According to the CNN report, state officials announced that hackers stole the data of 3.5 million people with driver’s licenses or state identification cards in Oregon and those with the same documents in Louisiana.

Authorities did not specifically blame anyone for the cyberattack, while federal officials linked the incident to the Russian ransomware gang.

After the attack, it was shared that data from large companies in the UK, such as the BBC and British Airways, as well as the US Department of Energy and many federal institutions, could have been stolen.

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said in a statement that there was no indication that the hackers were selling or disseminating data stolen from the Louisiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, and that the suspects had not contacted governments. state.

In addition, officials at Progress Software, the owner of the software used by the hackers, announced that a second security vulnerability had been identified in the software. (AA)