Acer suffered a recent ransomware attack on the company's network. This attack resulted in access to a significant amount of documents and confidential information. The hacker group is asking for $ 50 million in cryptocurrencies to withhold all information online.
To be confirmed, this is one of the biggest ransomware rescue requests ever. According to the latest information, hackers are giving Acer the payment deadline until May 28, and are threatening to disclose the stolen data later if the ransom is not paid. The authorship of the attack, still to be confirmed, is being attributed to the REvil group, which has been behind other major attacks in the past.
Acer does not officially confirm that it was the victim of this attack. A company spokesman revealed what: "we routinely monitor IT systems and are defended against most cyber attacks. Companies like ours are constantly under attack and we have already reported to the data protection authorities and entities in several countries the recent increase in abnormal situations".
It is not known whether hackers exploited the recently discovered flaws in the microsoft Exchange and that could be a gateway for hackers to the systems of various organizations. Remember that the correction of these flaws is already being made available by Microsoft through security updates.
The REvil group announced the attack on the Dark Web and also left some images as evidence, such as the request for ransom on the Tor platform.
With the ease of computing and the emergence of new and more powerful technologies, it is increasingly important that equipment and our accounts are protected with maximum security.
