Philips and GE investigating Clop ransomware data theft claims

Philips and GE investigating Clop ransomware data theft claims

Tech giants General Electric (GE) and Philips have also confirmed they're investigating claims that the Clop ransomware gang breached their systems and stole data.

Multiple organisations investigating fresh wave of Cl0p breaches

A series of prominent organisations including UK fossil fuel giant Shell, Dutch consumer and health tech multinational Philips, and the US’ General Electric (GE), are probing security breaches after being ‘named and shamed’ by the Cl0p/Clop cyber extortion gang. Cl0p, which has a long history of targeting blue chip firms by compromising commonly used enterprise platforms, named all three organisations among close to 50 others in an update to its…

Philips and GE Investigate Clop Ransomware Data Theft Claims

Philips and General Electric (GE) are investigating incidents after the Clop ransomware group claimed to have stolen data from both companies. The companies are among 43 organizations recently listed on Clop’s data leak site.  These incidents may be connected to attacks targeting internet-exposed PTC Windchill and PTC FlexPLM systems through CVE-2026-12569. “Cl0p’s playbook hasn’t been a mystery for years. They’ve repeatedly targeted widely used…