Zaun manufactures security perimeter fencing for UK sites that include a GCHQ listening post and the Porton Down chemical weapons laboratory. « All our fencing systems can be.
Facepalm: In an incident that highlights the dangers of running obsolete operating systems, a company that supplies high-security fencing for customers that include military bases was compromised and had sensitive data stolen after attackers used Windows 7 as an entry point.
Zaun manufactures security perimeter fencing for UK sites that include a GCHQ listening post and the Porton Down chemical weapons laboratory. « All our fencing systems can be designed and manufactured with a wide variety of security additions, including toppings and detection technology to complete your perimeter, » the company states.
Zaun confirmed that its systems had been infected by the LockBit ransomware, resulting in a data breach. It stated that the attack’s entry point « in an otherwise up-to-date network » was a « rogue Windows 7 PC » that runs the software for one of its manufacturing machines.
