Ransomware demand of $50M from Acer is the biggest ever.
The biggest ransomware attack in history was observed on 18th March 2020 when cybercrime syndicate REvil demanded $50M from the PC manufacturer, Acer.
The details were revealed when REvil hackers published on their dark web leak sites that negotiations between them and the Taiwan-based firm had initially broken down.
Investigations confirm that the ransomware demand sits at a hefty amount of $50M which is to be paid in the Monero cryptocurrency.
The gang initially offered a 20% discount on their original demand with the condition that the money is handed over by 17th March and on the other hand, Acer’s negotiators had offered $10M.
As of yet, the gang has demanded that the money be paid until 28th March after which point the ransom will be doubled.
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Acer gave their statement in which they stated that “there is an ongoing investigation and for the sake of security, we are unable to comment on details” but did not confirm that the REvil ransomware attack actually occurred.
As seen by Hackread.com, the hackers leaked documents allegedly belonging to Acer including financial spreadsheets, bank balances, and bank communications.
Screenshot shows Acer documents on REvil ransomware gang’s official dark web domain (Image source: Hackread.com)
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