Advanced Cold-formed Sections data caught up in ransom attack

We have been notified of the Advanced Cold-formed Sections data breach where the company is understood to have been caught up in a ransomware attack.

Breach notification correspondence has been issued to people who may potentially be affected by this incident, and we have agreed to take legal action having been approached for help. Your Lawyers, as Leading Data Leak Lawyers, represent thousands of people just like you for claims of this nature. Victims could be entitled to claim on a No Win, No Fee basis now.

Please do not hesitate to speak to our team if you require advice here now.

Advanced Cold-formed Sections data breach: ransomware attack

We have been made aware of the Advanced Cold-formed Sections data breach which involves a ransomware attack where electronic systems have been compromised.

At the time of the information being passed to us, the ransomware attack was ongoing with the authorities advising the company not to pay the demands that had been made. According to correspondence that has been issued to those who may be affected, employee and supplier information may have been stolen as part of the data held for ransom. Some of this information is thought to include private data.

The attack reportedly occurred on the 8th June 2022 and the company was aware off the ransomware attack shortly thereafter. Information as far back as 2009 may have been accessed and the company had initially confirmed that they were unable to determine exactly who may be affected and what data may have been compromised.

The matter has been duly reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) with solicitors and forensic cybersecurity experts instructed to assist in the aftermath of the Advanced Cold-formed Sections data breach. Those who may be affected have been warned to be vigilant with the usual advice about what to look out for and what services may be required to for better protection.

Your Lawyers taking legal action

We were made aware of the Advanced Cold-formed Sections data breach because we have been approached for help and have agreed to take legal action forward on a No Win, No Fee basis.

This data breach is one of over 50 in the category of Group and Multi-Party actions that we have launched for thousands of clients over several years. Anyone who has been notified that they have been affected by the data breach could be entitled to claim compensation depending on what information has been compromised and how this affected the individual.

If you have received notification that you are potentially affected by this data breach, please do not hesitate to contact the team here now for free, no-obligation legal advice.

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Your employer has an important duty to protect the personal and sensitive information they may store and process for you. If they fail in this duty and we can establish that negligence has occurred, that is when you could be entitled to claim compensation.

The case will normally be the pursuit of damages for any distress that you have suffered that is caused by the loss of control of your personal information. Whilst you do not have to have lost any money or paid out any expenses to claim, these can be factored into a legal case if they are applicable.

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