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high severity March 28, 2024 · scope unconfirmed

patersoncooke.com Listed by blackbasta Ransomware Group

Paterson & Cooke was founded as an engineering consultancy in 1991 by Angus Paterson and Robert Cooke specialising in slurry pipeline and mine backfilling consulting services to the South African mining industry. Through extensive early work with major South African mining companies, they gained invaluable knowledge and experience designing innovative and effective solutions for the challenges presented when backfilling some of the country’s deepest gold mines. More than three decades later, the founding vision of providing the most sought-after specialist consulting engineering services to th

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Severity High
Disclosed March 28, 2024
Affected Unconfirmed
Data exposed Internal files exfiltrated in ransomware attack
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