Cyberattacker cook up employee personal data heist for Meyer

Meyer Corp., maker of Farberware and the largest cookware and bakeware distributor in the U.S., has begun notifying 2,747 employees that a cyberattack that occurred on Oct. 25 compromised their personal data. Meyer filed a notice with the state of Maine disclosing the breach, which it discovered on Dec. 1. And while the report given to the Maine Attorney General doesn’t specifically name the culprit behind the attack, the Conti ransomware group had already announced on its leak site on Nov. 7 it was in possession of the employee data files, according to a report this week on the cyberattack.

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