Taiwan’s computer hardware company Gigabyte Technology was attacked by a ransomware attack by the hacker organization RansomEXX, which threatened to leak more than 100 GB of data stolen from the company if payment was not made, including sensitive Intel and AMD file ransoms.
According to reports, the Taiwanese company’s multiple support sites were attacked several times last week, causing the company’s official site to be temporarily inaccessible and the support site unavailable. The incident forced the company to shut down Taiwan’s system and certain parts of its official and support website.
Photo: YouTube screenshot/Gigabyte official YouTube channel
Gigabyte admit The ransomware attack was reported on Friday through the Chinese news website Lianhe Daily. However, according to the company, it only affected a few servers. The local authorities have received warnings about the situation.
The technology company shared limited information about malicious activities. It is not clear whether Gigabyte will consider the needs of hacker organizations. I don’t know what the organization wants in exchange for the stolen data.
Bleeping Computer, a technical news and support website, Report The attack was performed by the hacker organization RansomEXX. The website received a link from an anonymous source on its non-public page. According to reports, the link points to a page confirming that the ransom organization owns 112 GB of Gigabyte data, including many confidentiality agreements.
The technology website also found four screen shots containing sensitive files, including the debugging files of the US megatrend, AMD revision guidelines, the Ice Lake D SKU stack update schedule, and Intel “potential issues” files.
RansomEXX is a known ransomware organization, formerly known as Defray.These Malicious actors A combination of stolen network credentials and exploiting remote desktop protocol vulnerabilities are often used to gain access to a protected network.
In the past few months, ransomware organizations have been very active. Recently, it launched cyber attacks on the Lazio region of Italy and the National Telecommunications Company of Ecuador.
Other companies and organizations attacked by RansomEXX include Konica Minolta, IPG Photonics, Tyler Technologies, the Texas Department of Transportation, and the Brazilian government network.
