United Kingdom's Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said earlier today that some of its employees' personal information was impacted by a ransomware attack that hit a third-party supplier.
The impacted organization, not named in a statement published today, is a service supplier for GMP and other organizations across the UK.
GMP does not believe the data on the hacked systems contains financial information belonging to the police department's employees.
"We are aware of a ransomware attack affecting a third-party supplier of various UK organisations, including GMP, which holds some information on those employed by GMP," Assistant Chief Constable Colin McFarlane said.
"At this stage, it's not believed this data includes financial information."
However, McFarlane didn't provide details on what other types of information might have been compromised in the breach.
"We understand how concerning this is for our employees so, as we work to understand any impact on GMP, we have contact @fbi_gov ed the Information Commissioners Office and are doing everything we can to ensure employees are kept informed, their questions are answered, and they feel supported," McFarlane said.
He also emphasized that the police department treats the ransomware attack and the resulting data breach with the utmost priority as part of a national-level criminal investigation.
The impacted organization, not named in a statement published today, is a service supplier for GMP and other organizations across the UK.
GMP does not believe the data on the hacked systems contains financial information belonging to the police department's employees.
"We are aware of a ransomware attack affecting a third-party supplier of various UK organisations, including GMP, which holds some information on those employed by GMP," Assistant Chief Constable Colin McFarlane said.
"At this stage, it's not believed this data includes financial information."
However, McFarlane didn't provide details on what other types of information might have been compromised in the breach.
"We understand how concerning this is for our employees so, as we work to understand any impact on GMP, we have contact @fbi_gov ed the Information Commissioners Office and are doing everything we can to ensure employees are kept informed, their questions are answered, and they feel supported," McFarlane said.
He also emphasized that the police department treats the ransomware attack and the resulting data breach with the utmost priority as part of a national-level criminal investigation.
