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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.
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Danish Tax Authority Uses Darktrace for Cybersecurity
- Darktrace selected to protect the digital infrastructure of the Danish Tax Authority, which collects over DKK 1,100 (EUR 148 billion) annually.
- Denmark, which has recently faced cyber attacks on critical infrastructure, required an AI powered solution for protection of assets, including confidential citizen and business data.
- The announcement came after a tender win by Darktrace’s long-standing Danish partner CSIS Security Group, a leading provider of cyber security services.
Darktrace, a global leader in cyber security AI, has announced that the Danish Tax Authority (Skattestyrelsen) has selected Darktrace’s Cyber AI platform to secure the critical information and systems underpinning Denmark’s tax system. It will deploy Darktrace PREVENT™/ASM; and DETECT™ and RESPOND™ for network and email, providing the protection of Darktrace’s unique Self-Learning AI across the organisation.
Operating under the Danish Ministry of Taxation, which has over 26 locations in Denmark, the Danish Tax Authority oversees vital agencies managing tax returns, customs, property valuation, debt collection and more. Tasked with collecting over DKK 1,100 billion (EUR 148 billion) annually, the Danish Tax Authority required autonomous threat detection and response to secure its complex, hybrid infrastructure.
The Danish government's visionary approach to e-governance led to Denmark being named one of the most digitised countries in the EU by the European Commission, and as of 2023, Denmark had the highest percentage of e-Government users among EU countries. However, increasing digitisation also widens the threat landscape. The Danish Centre for Cyber Security rates the threats of cyber crime and cyber espionage at their highest levels, and May 2023 saw Denmark’s largest ever cyber attack when attackers gained access to the systems of 22 companies in Denmark’s energy ecosystem.
Darktrace's AI will provide a key defensive layer for Denmark's most valuable assets by understanding day-to-day patterns with the organisation’s digital ecosystem and acting to autonomously detect and contain anything abnormal.
Long-standing Darktrace partner CSIS Security Group, a Danish leader in cybersecurity services, won the tender from the Danish Tax Authority with Darktrace as the technology of choice. Darktrace and CSIS have been in a close partnership for six years, with Darktrace being a key technology vendor that CSIS works with to deliver its Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service.
PREVENT/ASM will allow the Danish Tax Authority to harden and prioritise threats at the edge of their environment to stop attacks before they occur. DETECT will enable the organisation to detect any abnormal activity by analysing thousands of metrics, including email writing styles, to reveal deviations that may signal an evolving threat, including unknown techniques and novel malware. RESPOND will give the Danish Tax Authority’s security team the capability to autonomously contain and disarm attacks within seconds.
"We are thrilled to be defending the Danish Tax Authority's business-critical systems from sophisticated cyber-threats," said Max Heinemeyer, Chief Product Officer at Darktrace. "Our AI technology has proven itself time and again in complex public sector deployments globally. As the threat landscape continues to shift as a result of AI, we’re proud to protect one of the most advanced countries in the world when it comes to the digitisation of the public sector.”
“We are proud that the Danish Tax Authority has selected us to be their partner for this pivotal technology-driven initiative,” added Daniel Shepherd, CEO of CSIS. “The Danish Tax Authority is a central element in Denmark’s critical infrastructure landscape and its cybersecurity posture and resilience are of paramount importance. Highly effective detection and response capabilities are central to a winning cyber risk management strategy. Our extensive experience with Darktrace underlines our common vision, and amply demonstrates how we are jointly committed to delivering world-class value on these fronts.”
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Darktrace (DARK.L), a global leader in cyber security artificial intelligence, is on a mission to free the world of cyber disruption. Breakthrough innovations in its Cyber AI Research Centre have resulted in over 165 patents filed and research published to contribute to the cyber security community. Rather than study attacks, Darktrace's technology continuously learns and updates its knowledge of your business data and applies that understanding to optimise your state of optimal cyber security. Darktrace's cyber AI technology provides a full lifecycle approach to cyber resilience across the entire organisation that can autonomously spot and respond to novel in progress threats within seconds. Darktrace employs over 2,300 people around the world and protects approximately 9,200 customers globally from advanced cyber threats. Darktrace was named one of TIME magazine's 'Most Influential Companies' in 2021. To learn more, visit http://www.darktrace.com.
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Darktrace named a Challenger in first Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Email Security Platforms · Evaluated on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute Darktrace, a global leader in AI for cybersecurity,today announces that Darktrace / EMAIL™, has been recognized in thefirst ever Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for Email Security Platforms (ESP) as a Challenger. Chris Kozup, Chief Marketing Officer, Darktrace, said of therecognition: “We are extremely proud to have been recognized in the first MagicQuadrant for ESP. We believe the factthat wehave seen such wide scale adoption is testament to the unique way in which wedevelop products to keep our customers safe from even the most sophisticated emailcompromises. We believe our placement reaffirms our dedication to deliveringexceptional customer service, and innovations that safeguard against the emailchallenges of today—and tomorrow.” Darktrace customers consistently acknowledge its exceptional customersupport, delivered by an award-winning[1]service team. Darktrace has the highest percentage of 5-star ratings with a 4.8rating on Gartner® Peer Insights™ out of 249 reviews as on[MW1] 19th December. We feel this unwavering commitment to customersatisfaction is evident in strong renewal rates and accelerated growth inDarktrace / EMAIL over the past few years, gaining almost 5,000 customers sinceits launch in 2019. Darktrace / EMAIL, one of the fastest-growing emailsecurity products on the market, is built on Darktrace’s unique Self-LearningAI, a multi-layered AI engine that leverages different types of AI includingNLP and behavioral analysis to detect threats, instead of traditional securitymeasures such as signatures and sandboxing. This approach enables Darktrace todetect and stop threats like business email compromise attacks and noveltechniques, including some 56% of which passed through customers’ other emailsecurity layers. This pioneering approach has enabled Darktrace to introduce industry-leadingcapabilities such as QR code analysis and automated incident investigations, alongsidedifferentiated functionality to help teams add new depth to their emailsecurity, including: Account take over and Lateral mail account compromise protection. Contributing yet another layer to the AI behavioural profile for each user, security teams can now spot early symptoms of account compromise or malicious insiders before a link or attachment payload is sent, and exfiltration occur Microsoft Teams security with advanced messaging analysis: Advancing beyond simple text analysis to behavioral and natural language content analysis that tracks context across both email and instant messaging to identify the approximately 38% of phishing, sophisticated social engineering and novel insider threats other solutions fail to capture · Drastically improveend user reporting with Cyber AI Analyst narratives: Real-time awareness training capabilities reduce falsepositives in phishing investigations by up to 60% by providing context specificanalysis of each received email to each employee as they interact with their mail.· MailboxSecurity Assistant to increase security team operational efficiency: All forms ofsecondary investigations can now automatically perform advanced behavioralbrowser analysis and stop malicious links within webpages, reducing manualeffort of security analysts to detecting phishing links, and allowing them to remediateup to 70% more malicious phishing links than before.· AI based,autonomous data loss prevention: to immediately protect organizations from misdirected emails,insider threats, and data loss—both classified and unclassified – using userbehavior and dynamic content analysis to determine sensitivity, removing administrativeoverhead from manual expressions and labeling.Marco Cavallo, IT Manager at Darktrace / EMAIL customer Arpa Industries comments:“During the POV, Darktrace / EMAIL showed how specific attacks weresurgically blocked. We realized that other tools wouldn’t have detected thesethreats.” Darktrace / EMAIL is part of Darktrace’s ActiveAI Security Platform™,offering network, cloud, endpoint, identity and operational technologyprotection from a single shared architecture, all built on Darktrace’s uniqueAI engine – providing a strong, integrated approach to threat prevention,detection and response across an organization’s entire digital footprint. Darktrace’s global presence supports a diverse and varied customer base,and adapts proactively to customer pain points of all kinds. Darktrace’sadaptability across all market segments, from SMBs to large enterprisessupports both first time email security buyers and mature email securitystacks. It is able to meet varied security needs with lower setuprequirements, includes capability for advanced depth in configuration and,particularly for mature organizations, can augment existing security providerswith additional protections. Download the fullMagic Quadrant for Email Security Platforms here Resources:· Read more onthe Darktrace Blog· Read more abouthow business email compromise attacks are evolving on The Inference Gartner disclaimersGartner, Magic Quadrant for EmailSecurity Platforms, Max Taggett, Nikul Patel, Franz Hinner, Deepak Mishra, 16December 2024 GARTNER is a registered trademarkand service mark of Gartner and Magic Quadrant and Peer Insights are aregistered trademark, of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. andinternationally and are used herein with permission. All rights reserved.
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