Ransomware Gangs threaten to sell or publish Victims' Data if Not Paid

guest · Feb 3, 2023

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BlackCat Ransomware gang stole secret military data from an industrial explosives manufacturer
By Pierluigi Paganini - January 27, 2023
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BlackCat Adds Indian Missile Fuel Maker to Its Victims List
By Jayant Chakravarti @JayJay_Tech - February 2, 2023

An Indian rocket propellant manufacturer is facing the possibility of the BlackCat ransomware-as-a-service group leaking what it says is more than 2 terabytes of sensitive data.
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BlackCat, also known as Alphv, says it stole from Solar Industries specifications for the propellant used in a slew of Indian military missile and rocket systems as well as warhead data and personal information pertaining to the company's employees and customers.

Nagpur Today reported that senior officials from the ministries of defense and home affairs and intelligence agencies descended on the city and that the Central Bureau of Investigation is poised to investigate.
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The stolen data also apparently includes security camera footage of Solar Industries' factory, audits and reports of flaws and vulnerabilities in the company's products and information about supply chain vendors.

Naavi Vijayashankar, chairman of the Foundation of Data Protection Professionals in India, tells ISMG that national authorities will almost certainly classify the hack as a "'cyber terrorist attack,' considering the sensitive nature of the activity of the company and the nature of data lost."
He adds that Solar Industries could face its own investigation.
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guest · Feb 10, 2023

Dallas Central Appraisal District paid $170,000 to ransomware attackers
By Graham Cluley @gcluley - February 10, 2023

A Dallas state agency has admitted to paying $170,000 to hackers after it suffered a ransomware attack.
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The Dallas Central Appraisal District (DCAD) that determines the value of all of the county's real and personal property for taxation purposes, publicly disclosed that it had been hacked on November 8, 2022.

The agency had fallen foul of a ransomware attack that disrupted all of its computer systems and knocked its website offline for over two months.
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Dallas County Chief Appraiser Ken Nolan told reporters that it was likely that the attack managed to infiltrate the organisation after an employee was tricked by a phishing email.
DCAD had been hit by the notorious Royal Ransomware group, who demanded the equivalent of almost one million dollars in cryptocurrency for a decryption key and to prevent stolen data from being published online.

Ultimately, $170,000 worth of Bitcoin was paid to the Royal ransomware group by DCAD from a rarely-used emergency reserve fund.
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