{"id":2412,"date":"2025-08-21T19:57:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T19:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/colt-admits-customer-data-likely-stolen-in-cyber-attack\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T19:57:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T19:57:19","slug":"colt-admits-customer-data-likely-stolen-in-cyber-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/colt-admits-customer-data-likely-stolen-in-cyber-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Colt Admits Customer Data Likely Stolen in Cyber-Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Colt Technology Services has confirmed that cybercriminals could leak customer data. This is despite previously claiming the recent cyber incident targeted an internal system separate from its customers\u2019 infrastructure.<\/p>\n

On August 14, the British telecommunications giant said it had taken some systems offline in response to a \u201ccyber incident\u201d that targeted an \u201cinternal system\u201d that was disconnected from its customer-facing infrastructure.<\/p>\n

This action has resulted in the disruption of some of the support services, including hosting and porting services, as well as Colt Online and Voice API platforms.<\/p>\n

Customer Data Likely Compromised<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In an update published on August 21, Colt admitted that the criminal group behind the hack \u201chas accessed certain files from our systems that may contain information related to our customers and posted the document titles on the dark web.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur immediate priority is to determine the precise nature of the files and what information they contain,\u201d the company added.<\/p>\n

In an unusual move, Colt also offered its customers the option to request a list of filenames posted on the dark web by calling the company\u2019s dedicated call center.<\/p>\n

Colt also notified its users that the support services it took offline were still unavailable as of August 21.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s too early to give an exact timeline at the moment, but we\u2019ll provide regular updates to keep you informed,\u201d the company stated.<\/p>\n

Warlock Intends to Auction the Compromised Data<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Rather than publicly exposing stolen data, or at least a sample, as most ransomware gangs do in an approach called \u2018double extortion,\u2019 Warlock, the group that claimed the attack, is attempting to sell Colt\u2019s compromised information in a private auction set to close on August 27.<\/p>\n

Recently, Warlock also claimed responsibility for another cyber-attack against Orange Belgium.<\/p>\n

According to several experts, including independent researcher Kevin Beaumont and Trend Micro researchers, Warlock ransomware operators have extensively targeted the Microsoft SharePoint \u2018ToolShell\u2019 vulnerability exploit chain to hit victims globally.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Colt Technology Services has confirmed that cybercriminals could leak customer data. This is despite previously claiming the recent cyber incident targeted an internal system separate from its customers\u2019 infrastructure. On August 14, the British telecommunications giant said it had taken some systems offline in response to a \u201ccyber incident\u201d that targeted an \u201cinternal system\u201d that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["http:\/\/ft365.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2412-5bfb08e4-8512-407a-8016-ccecfec61f18.jpg",300,300,false],"thumbnail":["http:\/\/ft365.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2412-5bfb08e4-8512-407a-8016-ccecfec61f18-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["http:\/\/ft365.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2412-5bfb08e4-8512-407a-8016-ccecfec61f18.jpg",300,300,false],"medium_large":["http:\/\/ft365.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2412-5bfb08e4-8512-407a-8016-ccecfec61f18.jpg",300,300,false],"large":["http:\/\/ft365.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2412-5bfb08e4-8512-407a-8016-ccecfec61f18.jpg",300,300,false],"1536x1536":["http:\/\/ft365.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2412-5bfb08e4-8512-407a-8016-ccecfec61f18.jpg",300,300,false],"2048x2048":["http:\/\/ft365.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2412-5bfb08e4-8512-407a-8016-ccecfec61f18.jpg",300,300,false],"morenews-featured":["http:\/\/ft365.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2412-5bfb08e4-8512-407a-8016-ccecfec61f18.jpg",300,300,false],"morenews-large":["http:\/\/ft365.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2412-5bfb08e4-8512-407a-8016-ccecfec61f18.jpg",300,300,false],"morenews-medium":["http:\/\/ft365.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2412-5bfb08e4-8512-407a-8016-ccecfec61f18.jpg",300,300,false],"crawlomatic_preview_image":["http:\/\/ft365.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2412-5bfb08e4-8512-407a-8016-ccecfec61f18-146x146.jpg",146,146,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"henry","author_link":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/author\/henry\/"},"category_info":"Uncategorized<\/a>","tag_info":"Uncategorized","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}