Assa Abloy hacked by extortion group

Lock giant confirms data breach. Now extortion group threatens to leak data.

Lock giant Assa Abloy has been subjected to a hacker attack by an extortion group, writes Dagens Nyheter.

Swedish group Assa Abloy, which recently acquired the Finnish lock factory Abloy, has been the victim of a data breach and extortion. According to Dagens Nyheter, which is reporting on the matter, a criminal group has threatened to expose the company's trade secrets online if it does not receive the sum of money it demands.