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

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: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 17 2020, @05:55PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 17 2020, @05:55PM (#1037965)

    Where is the vigilante movement from IT workers and JD drinkers? By now I figured you would be banning together to ferret out the bad actors and defend your beverage of choice! Quick meet me on Facebook, no make that Twitter, no? OK, meet on IRC...

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 17 2020, @05:59PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 17 2020, @05:59PM (#1037967)

    You can take away my freedom, my guns, and my sanity... but don't fuck with my Jack Daniels or my weed.

    Signed,
    Not E.F.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 17 2020, @06:16PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 17 2020, @06:16PM (#1037980)

    s/banning/banding