We have collected the most interesting information on hacking and attacks over the past month in our opinion.
Brazilian power company falls victim to REvil ransomware (Sodinokibi)
Light SA fell victim to the Sodinokibi (REvil) ransomware malware, whose operators demanded a $ 14 million ransom from the energy company.
The group responsible for the attack is the Pinchy Spider group, which was previously seen spreading the GandCrab ransomware. The most likely used for infection was the Windows vulnerability CVE-2018-8453. Interestingly, the attackers even organized a chat to communicate with the victim.
A source
Telecom Argentina fell victim to REvil (Sodinokibi) ransomware
According to available information, about 18,000 computers of the organization were infected. Several Telecom Argentina sites were reported to be malfunctioning.
Attackers are demanding a ransom of $ 7.5 million. Officials from Telecom Argentina have not yet commented on the situation, and it is not known whether the company intends to pay the extortionists.
A source
Navigation equipment and smartwatch manufacturer Garmin fell victim to ransomware
The hacker group Evil Corp is suspected of developing the virus. Garmin device users could not connect to their accounts, the company's partners were also disconnected from the corporate system. In addition, the service for amateur pilots flyGarmin has ceased to be updated.
WastedLocker Virus is requesting a ransom of $ 0.5-10 million. It must be paid in Bitcoin. After 4 days, the manufacturer announced the restoration of the work of its services, according to experts, the company was able to recover from the hack in such a short time, only if it obeyed the demands of the scammers.
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* The selection includes information only on hacks and attacks and does not take into account incidents related to database leaks. The material does not claim to be a complete picture of all world information security incidents. We bring to your attention only those that seemed the most interesting to Reksoft specialists.