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Acer Data Breach, Sodinokibi ransomware group publishes first stolen data

Posted on March 19, 2021 by Dissent

Marco A. DeFelice reports:

The Sodinokibi (REvil) ransomware group publishes on its website, within the Tor networks, the first documents stolen from Acer during a recent cyber attack.

Acer, headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of computers, monitors, HD Ready televisions, virtual reality devices, smartphones and many other electronic products.

A little while ago the Sodinokibi ransomware group published some screen shots of the documents exfiltrated during the recent cyber attack suffered by the Taiwanese company.

Read more on SuspectFile.

Updated March 20:  The threat actors appear to have demanded $50 million. And unfortunately, perhaps, some sites have revealed what others kept quiet — visibility into chat negotiations.

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