May 26, 2021

Audio maker Bose discloses ransomware attack that exposes former employee data

On the 7th of March 2021, Bose Corporation detected the ransomware on their systems and immediately initiated their incident response protocols to activate its technical team with the goal of containing the incident. After containing the incident, Bose started an investigation of the incident and worked with its forensics experts to determine the data that may have been accessed and/or […]
May 14, 2021

Reports suggest that DarkSide had involvement with Toshiba subsidiary ransomware attack

On May 14th, 2021, European subsidiaries of the Toshiba Tec Group companies experienced a ransomware attack from the DarkSide ransomware group. After discovering the attack, the Toshiba Tec Group immediately shut down the networks and systems operating between Japan and Europe and its other subsidiaries in the hope of preventing the spread of the ransomware while deploying recovery measures after […]
May 13, 2021

Chemical distributor Brenntag pays $4.4 million to DarkSide ransomware Group

In May 2021, Chemical distribution company Brenntag suffered a ransomware attack that targeted their North American division. The attack was claimed by the DarkSide ransomware gang who states they have stolen 150GB worth of data. To prove their claims, DarkSide had published a private data leak page containing a description of the types of data stolen and screenshots of some […]
March 20, 2021

REvil ransomware attack hits Computer giant Acer hit for $50 million

On the 18th of March 2021, the infamous ransomware gang, REvil announced on their data leak site that they had breached Acer. The group also provided evidence of the attack by publishing images of allegedly stolen files, these documents included financial spreadsheets, bank balances, and bank communications. The threat actors are demanding for $50,000,000, according to BleepingComputer, which is the […]
March 18, 2021

DoppelPaymer ransomware group demands $20 Million from Kia Motors America

On February 13th, 2021, Kia Motors America experienced a ransomware attack by the DoppelPaymer ransomware group which led to outages over their nationwide network. The effect of the attack was noticed when customers discovered the Kia Owners Portal was offline and displayed an error message that said:    “We are currently experiencing an IT service outage that has impacted some […]
July 6, 2020

Capcom hit by Ragnar Locker ransomware with 1TB of data stolen

On 2nd of November, Japanese game developer Capcom experienced a ransomware attack where the company had to shut down portions of their corporate network to prevent the spread of the attack and threat actors claim to have stolen 1TB of sensitive data from their corporate networks in the US, Japan, and Canada. At the time of compromise, Capcom displayed notices […]