Jack Daniel’s-Maker Suffers REvil Ransomware Breach:
The Jack Daniel’s-maker has released few details about the incident but claimed it successfully prevented attackers from encrypting its files.
“We are working closely with law enforcement, as well as world class third-party data security experts, to mitigate and resolve this situation as soon as possible,” it added in a brief statement. “There are no active negotiations.”
However, as is often the case, the attackers appear to have taken extra steps to force a ransom payment from the company. They told Bloomberg that 1TB of corporate data is now in their hands and it will most likely be leaked online in batches to turn up the pressure on the Louisville, Kentucky-headquartered firm.
The group apparently responsible for this attack is Sodinokibi (REvil), which, like Maze and other gangs, maintains a dedicated leak site to post stolen data on.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Monday August 17 2020, @04:59PM (3 children)
said the network manager.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 17 2020, @05:10PM (1 child)
Civil-rights extremists with ties to Yakima, WA (https://www.yakimawa.gov/) might be behind the breach.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 17 2020, @05:30PM
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Why are you such a weirdo?
(Score: 3, Touché) by DannyB on Monday August 17 2020, @05:43PM
In that case, can JD just sleep it off?
People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.