https://techmonitor.ai/technology/cybersecurity/zellis-cyberattack-british-airways-boots-bbc

British Airways (BA), Boots and the BBC have been affected by a cyberattack on payroll company Zellis, with personal details on thousands of employees apparently exposed on. The criminals behind the breach, thought to be Russian ransomware group Cl0p apparently exploited an ongoing vulnerability in file transfer software MOVEit Transfer.

At least eight of the cloud payroll software company Zellis's customers have fallen victim to this attack, the company has confirmed. It claims to be the "market leader" in outsource payroll services across the UK and Ireland, working with a third of the FTSE 100 businesses and processing more than 60 million payslips a year.