Swiss cheese security? Play ransomware gang milks government of 65,000 files

The Swiss government had around 65,000 files related to it stolen by the Play ransomware gang during an attack on an IT supplier, its National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) says. A total of 1.3 million files were stolen during the incident at software biz Xplain in May 2023, – a collection of seven federal agencies that alongside the Federal Council comprise the main government departments. Among them were classified files and sensitive, personally identifiable information (PII) – all of which are believed to be published on the dark web.