Acer

Ransomware

Estimated loss

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VERDICT —UNRATED

Verdict pending. Auto-ingested incidents are reviewed before a public verdict is rendered.

▰ METHOD

Undisclosed

Root cause

Root-cause analysis not yet published. The incident description below contains all currently available signal — review the attack transaction directly for definitive forensics.

Forensic narrative

Renowned computer maker Acer has been hit by a ransomware gang, REvil, demanding up to $50 million in XMR to decrypt the company's computers and not leak data on the dark web. The ransomware gang announced on their data breach website that they had compromised Acer and shared as evidence some images of allegedly stolen files for files containing financial spreadsheets, bank balances and bank communications . Attack method (per SlowMist): Ransomware. Reported loss: -.

Primary source

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/computer-giant-acer-hit-by-50-million-ransomware-attack/ ↗

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