Recent ransomware attacks
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Mar 18: Taiwanese computer giant Acer is hit by REvil/Sodinokibi ransomware attack. Russian-based REvil demands $50 million ransom
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Apr 20: REvil’s “Happy Blog” website reveals hack of Apple supplier, Taiwanese Quanta Computer, demanding $50 million ransom. After Quanta refuses to pay, hackers target Apple
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May 14: Servers used by DarkSide are shut down amid speculation of action by U.S. Cyber Command
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May 16: Cyber insurance company AXA is hit with ransomware attack at
its offices in Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Hong Kong by Russian-based Avaddon
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Jun 7: U.S. Department of Justice announces recovery of cryptocurrency
worth $2.3 million from Colonial Pipeline payment to DarkSide
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Jun 9: Meat-processing giant JBS USA Holdings Inc. reveals
it paid $11 million ransom in bitcoin to REvil
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May 7: Colonial Pipeline – U.S. oil pipeline system – suffers attack that shuts distribution for six days.
FBI identifies Russian- based DarkSide as perpetrators of $4.4 million ransomware attack
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May 11: Brenntag – German chemical distribution company – suffers ransomware attack on their North America division. Brenntag pays $4.4 million ransom in bitcoin to DarkSide
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Jun 16: At Geneva summit between U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin Biden demands halt to Russian cyberattacks
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Jul 2: REvil hits U.S. firm Kaseya, demanding $70 million to release data locked in cyberattack on up to 1,500 businesses worldwide
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Sources: Bloomberg, Reuters, Department of Justice
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