Royal Dutch Shell has revealed that they have been affected by the Accellion FTA file transfer appliance hack. Last week Shell posted a company statement which said, “Shell has been impacted by a data security incident involving Accellion’s File Transfer Appliance. Shell uses this appliance to securely transfer large data files.”
According to the statement posted on their website, Shell has said that there is no evidence that their core IT systems have been impacted by the hack because Accellion’s file transfer service were isolated from Shell’s digital infrastructure. In the statement, they also said that “an unauthorized party gained access to various files during a limited window of time. Some contained personal data and others included data from Shell companies and some of their stakeholders.”
