Pennsylvania trucking firm A. Duie Pyle released a breach notification that stated they were victims of a ransomware attack that occurred on Monday, June 17th. Many of their communications outlets were taken offline but thankfully they were still able to update customers on their website’s homepage. A. Duie Pyle reassured that their OS, backups, and brokerage service systems were not affected, and no data was extracted. The company is still working on restoring their communication systems but were able to get their voicemail system up and running by the next day. A portion of the breach notification read, “We have reactivated our API pickup request and shipment tracking connectivity, but we are controlling, at a customer level, the volume of API transaction requests for certain high demand users. We will continue to monitor the API activity levels to ensure all users are receiving the API’s requested and will increase demand capacity as the day progresses.”
Analyst Notes
Since it has not been disclosed what data was accessed, customers and employees should still be cautious of suspicious activity involving their accounts. Again, it is strongly advised to not open emails orf follow links from unknown parties.
