123 Reg Reveals AI-Driven Cyberattack on Customer Data
British domain registrar 123 Reg stated that a September 18 attack exposed customer data, describing it as the first known AI-driven cyberattack against the company, and suspected links to China.
British domain registration company 123 Reg revealed that it suffered a cyberattack on September 18 that exposed customer names, phone numbers, countries, language preferences, currencies, account creation dates, and associated products, according to a report by The Register.
The company described the attack as the first known cyberattack led by AI tools against it, noting that the investigation identified attackers' infrastructure hosted in China and Singapore.
123 Reg notified the U.S. Federal Trade Commission as well as data protection authorities in the UK and the European Union.
The company worked with internet service providers in Singapore to shut down the attackers' servers.
What do these terms mean?
Domain Registration: A service that reserves a website domain name and links it to a server hosting its content, managing the records of the domain owner.
Attacker Infrastructure: The servers, networks, and tools used by a hacker to execute an attack and conceal its origin.
Data Protection: The laws and regulations governing the collection, storage, and sharing of personal information to safeguard individual privacy.
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