LR Reed is a family owned property management firm based in Melbourne’s CBD. The company has over 30 years of industry experience, and offers OC management and development services.
The company was listed on the dark web leak site of the infamous Kairos ransomware group, which claimed to have 335 gigabytes of data from the company.
While Kairos did not outline the cyber incident, the group posted a sample of allegedly stolen data, which includes data appearing to pertain to staff including names, salary details, a banking document and a passport. At the time of writing, the group is threatening to publish the allegedly stolen data in just under 7 days.
Speaking with Cyber Daily, a spokesperson for LR Reed confirmed that the company was aware of the incident claims and that its team were currently investigating the matter. It also confirmed that customer data was not impacted by the incident as it was stored in a different location.
LR Reed also said it had notified the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) and was working with the Australian Federal Police (AFP) on the matter.
Who is Kairos?
Kairos shared details of its first victim in November 2024, and since then, it has claimed attacks on at least 90 others, according to ransomware.live.
According to threat intelligence firm CYJAX, Kairos is active on several Russian-language hacking forums and does not appear to be linked to other hacking groups.
Kairos targeted at least three Australian victims in April this year alone, one of which being NSW-based Strata Republic, which the hacker claimed to have stolen 441 gigabytes of data from.
Kairos published several files as evidence of the hack, including what appears to be a letter of reprimand to a Strata Republic employee, a strata plan balance sheet, an income tax report (including Tax File Number), and an employee’s driver’s licence. Kairos had redacted names and other details from some of the documents.
In addition, the hackers published what looks to be a photograph from a Christmas party, featuring several men standing around a topless woman.
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