"At this time, we are concerned that member emails and passwords may have been compromised, in addition to publicly available information such as business name and address," the chamber wrote in a message to members on the evening of Dec. The chamber has 1,800 to 2,000 business members, Topel said at the time. 9, potentially compromising the emails and passwords of thousands of accounts. 13 that the organization's technology systems had been hacked Dec. "Presumably it's real but it's just a claim without proof right now," they said.īest's work, and the work of Distributed Denial of Secrets, has been recognized by publications including Business Insider and The Washington Post.Ĭhamber officials alerted members Dec. Reached via the secure messaging app Signal, Best provided a link to the posting of the information on a ransomware blog, but also cautioned that it's difficult to know how accurate the posting is. She added that the chamber does not store the financial or payment information of its members. The chamber can only say that a forensic investigation of the hack is ongoing, said Sybil Topel, vice president for marketing and communications. The screenshot Best posted showed the hackers advertised the information as including "sample of signatures, signed internal documents, W-9, lists of employees, budget data, investor lists with phones and email, financial documents, payroll data, lots of W-2 (2016-2020), accounting files, audits, banking, payroll information, passwords " A transparency activist shared information online Saturday indicating a massive trove of data stolen from the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce is up for sale.Įmma Best, founder of nonprofit whistleblower group Distributed Denial of Secrets, tweeted Saturday morning that a ransomware firm had claimed 77 gigabytes of information allegedly taken from the chamber in the Dec.
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