The long-awaited ransom demand by the hackers who invaded Record's system has arrived. The attackers are asking for 5 million dollars for the “key” to the station's contents to be recovered. If payment is not made, cybercriminals promise to publish all content on the internet.
The information was obtained by Germán Fernández, a cybersecurity specialist who had access to conversations between BlackCat/AlphaVM – the ransomware used in the hack – and Record TV. According to Fernández, the attack would have started on Friday (7).
The hacker group presented a period for the broadcaster to pay the requested amount. The deadline imposed by the hackers is until 13:56 (in the North American time zone) on October 15 for the broadcaster to make the payment and recover your data.
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"Discount Price": USD $5M"after discount time expires, our team will start DDoS attack"… "we have started to look for the right customers for your data on the darknet".
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— Germán Fernández (@1ZRR4H) October 11, 2022
"'Discounted price': $5 million. 'after the discount time expires, our team will start the DDoS attack'… 'we started looking for the right customers for their data on the darknet'. ”, wrote the expert about the messages obtained.
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The files – which the broadcaster is temporarily unable to access – include recordings of programs that would be shown in the future, financial information, data from employees and the broadcaster itself, which may include emails.
According to the exchange of messages, hackers still offered support to explain how they carried out the invasion and forms of protection.
The attack on the station took place around 14 pm last Saturday (8) and forced Record TV to change its programming. At the exact moment of the invasion, the program “Fala Brasil” was interrupted, so Record had to show the series “Todo Mundo Hates Chris”.
Internal sources at Record reported that the professionals who were on duty were dismissed for “do not generate despair🇧🇷 In addition, they also said that there is a concern with the protection of data and the station's collection.
