Compagnie d'aménagement du Bas-Rhône et du Languedoc

Compagnie d'aménagement du Bas-Rhône et du Languedoc operates under the alias BRL and is headquartered in France. The organisation functions as a water and environmental management company. It is commonly referred to as BRL Group in public communications. The name indicates a geographic focus on the Bas-Rhône and Languedoc regions.

On 23 March 2023, BRL Group experienced a ransomware attack carried out by the LockBit group. The ransomware resulted in the encryption of data and the exfiltration of information. The intrusion occurred overnight during the incident. Water services were not disrupted by the attack, and operational missions continued unaffected. LockBit threatened to publish the exfiltrated data unless a ransom payment was made. BRL acknowledged the possibility of personal data breaches stemming from the incident. The company advised stakeholders to assume that their passwords may have been compromised. It recommended that users update passwords on any other platforms where the same credentials were used. BRL’s IT department acted promptly to mitigate the effects of the ransomware. Despite the swift response, risks of data misuse persisted due to the nature of the breach.