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Acer Reportedly Hit With $50 Million Ransomware Attack

Hackers are asking for $50 million to release Acer’s stolen data, Bleeping Computer reports. The attack was carried out by the REvil hacker group, which announced on its data leak site that it had breached Acer’s website. The company has not publicly confirmed the attack, vaguely stating that, companies like us are constantly under attack. Some experts say the breach could be related to a Microsoft Exchange server on Acers domain, which the hackers recently targeted. In 2020, the highest attempted ransom to date was $30 million.”]

Source: https://gizmodo.com/acer-reportedly-hit-with-50m-ransomware-attack-says-c-1846520400

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