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.
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Leading Laboratory Interrupts Insider Threat Using Darktrace Artificial Intelligence
Leading Laboratory Interrupts Insider Threat Using Darktrace Artificial Intelligence
Darktrace, a global leader in cyber security AI, today announced that a leading laboratory specializing in in vitro diagnostics successfully stopped an insider threat with the help of Darktrace’s Self-Learning AI.
The company, which has laboratories, offices and distribution centers in over 100 countries worldwide and more than 3,000 employees, specializes in the research, development and manufacturing of innovative in vitro diagnostic tests for disease, conditions and infections. The organization uses Darktrace’s detect, respond and investigate capabilities to defend against in-progress attacks at the early stages.
Powered by Self-Learning AI, Darktrace technology develops an understanding of normal operations for the company. From this understanding it can then autonomously interrupt in-progress attacks at every stage from the initial entry with sophisticated spear phishing emails to brute-forced remote desktop protocol (RDP), command and control, and lateral movement, all without business disruption.
In one instance, Darktrace’s Self-Learning AI detected an internal device communicating with the Tor network via an intermediary web service. Tor is an open-source privacy network that enables anonymous web browsing by guiding data traffic through different servers, located all over the world. Whilst it is not wholly malicious, it can be associated with the browsing of non-business or even illegal content.
The device was connecting with a darknet forum relating to the pharmaceutical market. Given that no other device within the organization had visited the Tor network in the past, Darktrace AI flagged this to the security team as out-of-the-ordinary. With the AI taking care of early detection and making micro-level decisions the security team were uplifted and able to make important decisions that required business context.
The internal security team later found that this was likely an insider looking to sell proprietary intellectual property or even medical supplies on the darknet.
“Malicious or compromised insiders can be difficult to identify because their privileged access and knowledge of company workings allows them to evade detection by traditional security tools,” commented Toby Lewis, Global Head of Threat Analysis, Darktrace. “In order to protect intellectual property from insider threat, organizations need to augment security teams with AI-powered technology to stop malicious activity in real time at the moment of detection.”
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