Legal services and e-discovery giant Epiq Global took their systems offline on Saturday after the Ryuk Ransomware was deployed and began encrypting devices on their network. The outage affected their e-Discovery platforms, which made it impossible for legal clients to access documents needed for court cases and client deadlines. A source in the cybersecurity industry exclusively shared information with BleepingComputer that sheds light on how Epiq’s network became infected with the TrickBot malware in December 2019. The malware is most commonly installed by the Emotet Trojan, which is spread through phishing emails. It will harvest various data, including passwords, files, and cookies, from a compromised computer.
Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ryuk-ransomware-attacked-epiq-global-via-trickbot-infection/