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By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Bleach maker Clorox said Tuesday that it has sued information technology provider Cognizant over a devastating 2023 cyberattack, alleging that the hackers pulled off the intrusion simply by asking the tech company's staff for employees' passwords.

Cisco says it is aware of attempted exploitation of critical ISE vulnerabilities leading to unauthenticated remote code execution.

One password is believed to have been all it took for a ransomware gang to destroy a 158-year-old company and put 700 people out of work. KNP - a Northamptonshire transport company - is just one of tens of thousands of UK businesses that have been hit by such attacks.

Bleach maker Clorox said Tuesday that it has sued information technology provider Cognizant over a devastating 2023 cyberattack, alleging the hackers gained access by asking the tech company's staff for its employees' passwords.

Today, the British government announced it will introduce new cybersecurity measures to prohibit public sector and critical national infrastructure organizations from making ransomware payments to cybercriminals.

Hackers exploited a security flaw in common Microsoft Corp. software to breach governments, businesses and other organizations across the globe and steal sensitive information, according to officials and cybersecurity researchers.