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Jack Daniel’s-Maker Suffers REvil Ransomware Breach

posted by martyb on Monday August 17 2020, @04:42PM   Printer-friendly
from the too-far dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:

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.

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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday August 17 2020, @05:10PM (3 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Monday August 17 2020, @05:10PM (#1037920) Homepage Journal

    Good thing they're in the booze business rather than the data business. No amount of leaked data can keep them from making booze.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by DannyB on Monday August 17 2020, @05:44PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Monday August 17 2020, @05:44PM (#1037956) Journal

    No amount of booze can keep you from leaking. Data.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by MostCynical on Monday August 17 2020, @09:33PM (1 child)

    by MostCynical (2589) on Monday August 17 2020, @09:33PM (#1038073) Journal

    might make it hard to manage inventory, orders, warehouse, and payroll..

    not sure you're allowed to pay your employees in booze anymore..

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    • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday August 17 2020, @11:31PM

      by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Monday August 17 2020, @11:31PM (#1038112) Homepage Journal

      Well, except they didn't lose anything. The attackers copied some data but didn't manage to deny JD access to any of it.

      Fun fact: One of the benefits of working for Jack Daniels is you do get free booze every month as part of your wages.

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