Pictured: A Barnes & Noble retail location. (Mike Mozart from Funny YouTube, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
An apparent ransomware infection at Barnes & Noble, which spread from the retailer’s corporate systems to its stores, has led to speculation over whether a lack of business segmentation could have assisted the malware’s propagation.
The Oct. 10 also prevented users of the Nook digital reader from accessing content and services, serving as a reminder to the corporate world of the unique damage that ransomware can deal to companies specializing in consumer-facing content delivery and distribution.
How did it happen?
New York-based Barnes & Noble acknowledged the incident in a public statement, via Twitter and in an emailed notification to customers, though it has not confirmed the initial attack vector or explained how the malware crept from one part of the business to another. Technically, it hasn’t even used the word ransomware, although reports state that the Egregor ransomware gang has posted snippets of data stolen from the retailer’s breached network, in what appears to be yet another “ ..
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