MasterChef, Big Brother producer hit by DoppelPaymer ransomware

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French multinational production and distribution firm Banijay Group SAS was hit earlier this month by a DoppelPaymer ransomware attack and had sensitive information stolen by the ransomware operators during the incident.
Yesterday, Banijay publicly confirmed a cyber incident that led to employee and commercially sensitive data potentially being compromised.
While Banijay has only shared that they have suffered a cyber-attack and that some of their data might have been compromised, the DoppelPaymer ransomware gang is claiming to be responsible.
As proof of the their involvement in the attack, the DoppelPaymer operators have shared several documents presumably stolen from Banijay's systems, [...]
DoppelPaymer is also taunting the French production group by referencing GDPR compliance issues and leaking an internal GDPR compliance document, among others.
 

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