Atlassian (Crowd and Crowd Data Center) Data Breach
Atlassian (Crowd and Crowd Data Center) experienced a data breach that was reported on November 3, 2021. Atlassian Crowd and Crowd Data Center contain a remote code execution vulnerability resulting from a pdkinstall development plugin being incorrectly enabled in release builds.
Key Facts
- Organization
- Atlassian (Crowd and Crowd Data Center)
- Date Reported
- November 3, 2021
- Incident Type
- ransomware
- Industry
- Technology
- Severity Score
- 6/10
- Confidence Level
- high
- Tags
Source
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Understanding ransomware Incidents
Ransomware attacks encrypt organizational data and demand payment for recovery. They often involve data exfiltration before encryption, enabling double extortion. Organizations should maintain offline backups and incident response plans.