Press Release
Updated statement regarding LockBit claims
We have completed a thorough security investigation following yesterday’s tweets by LockBit claiming they had compromised Darktrace’s internal systems. We can confirm that there has been no compromise of our systems or any of our affiliate systems. Our service to our customers remains uninterrupted and is operating as normal and no further action is required.
Press Release
Statement regarding LockBit claims
Earlier this morning we became aware of tweets from LockBit, the cyber-criminal gang, claiming that they had compromised Darktrace’s internal security systems and had accessed our data. Our security teams have run a full review of our internal systems and can see no evidence of compromise. None of the LockBit social media posts link to any compromised Darktrace data. We will continue to monitor the situation extremely closely, but based on our current investigations we are confident that our systems remain secure and all customer data is fully protected.
Press Release
Darktrace Cyber AI is “Truth Platform” for U.S. City
Darktrace, the world’s leading AI company for cyber defense, has today announced that the City of Westland in Michigan, U.S. has deployed Darktrace for proactive cyber defense across its extensive digital infrastructure. With around 80,000 residents, the City of Westland’s security team is tasked with securing vast amounts of sensitive citizen data and ensuring the reliability of the city’s operations.
The City of Westland’s security team had been focused on building up the strength of its perimeter defenses, but after a close brush with CryptoLocker malware, they realized they needed to take a fundamentally new approach to the challenge of cyber security. Darktrace AI was quickly able to learn the pattern of ‘normal’ for the City’s network, detecting both external and internal threats as they emerged, and even ensuring that the perimeter solutions the City had put in place were working effectively.
Daniel Bourdeau, Chief Innovation Officer for City of Westland at the time of Darktrace’s deployment, said: “We refer to Darktrace as our ‘truth platform’. It shows us the truth of what’s going on within our organization every day.”
His successor, Craig Brown, commented: “Darktrace allows us to see if an attacker has infiltrated us or if a user has unintentionally created a security issue. If it is a user, we can educate them on best practices. If it is an external malicious actor, we can actively remediate the situation before more damage is done and then go back and identify the vulnerability that was exploited.”
About Darktrace
About Darktrace
Darktrace is the world’s leading cyber AI company and the creator of Autonomous Response technology.
Its self-learning AI is modeled on the human immune system and used by over 3,000 organizations to protect against threats to the cloud, email, IoT, networks and industrial systems. This includes insider threat, industrial espionage, IoT compromises, zero-day malware, data loss, supply chain risk and long-term infrastructure vulnerabilities.
The company has over 900 employees, 40 offices and headquarters in San Francisco and Cambridge, UK. Every 3 seconds, Darktrace AI fights back against a cyber-threat, preventing it from causing damage.
