Philips, Shell targeted by hacking group

AMSTERDAM, Aug 13 : Philips and Shell were recently targeted by Cl0p, the hacking group said in a statement on its website. Philips said it had been targeted by Cl0p while Shell said it was aware of a recent "possible incident", confirming an earlier report by Dutch media outlet BNR."We are working with our security teams and relevant experts to investigate the situation," a Shell spokesperson said. "Philips has identified and contained an attempted cybersecurity compromise of a specific enterprise server related to internal data," Philips said in a statement, adding that the incident does not impact customer environments. Cl0p, a ransomware operation known for developing and exploiting vulnerabilities in various file transfer programs, posted the names of a group of major companies on its