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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: 2) by MostCynical on Monday August 17 2020, @11:59PM (1 child)
They aren't really the same [thewhiskypedia.com], though - process is similar, outcomes are very different.
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(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Tuesday August 18 2020, @01:22PM
Of course they aren't the same: They're substantially different styles, a la the difference between a stout and an IPA. What they definitely are are decent substitute goods for each other - they'll both burn your throat a bit on the way down, get you very drunk if you have a lot of it, and have a nice flavor if you actually taste it.
And I for one have a strong preference for scotch over American bourbon: I think the flavors are far more interesting.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.