West Pharmaceutical says hackers stole data, encrypted systems

2026-05-14T01:23:32Zbe95f4e6a28b1385581e818bbcbd524542e58d394288b19ecc3edd3fbd815c5a
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What happened

Multiple high-impact cyber incidents and vulnerabilities were reported: West Pharmaceutical disclosed data exfiltration and system encryption (ransomware/data theft); Foxconn confirmed a Nitrogen ransomware attack affecting North American factories; the Iran-linked APT MuddyWater (Seedworm/Static Kitten) ran a broad espionage campaign against multiple high-profile organizations including a South Korean electronics firm; a newly disclosed critical Exim mail transfer agent flaw enables unauthenticated remote code execution in certain configurations; and two unpatched Windows BitLocker issues ("Y

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2026-05-14T01:23:32Z
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