REvil – which has been on a tear the past several weeks – wants Apple to pay an undisclosed ransom by May 1 to “buy back” 15 stolen schematics of unreleased MacBooks and gigabytes of personal data on several major Apple brands they obtained from Quanta.
The ransomware gang also informed Quanta that it stole and encrypted all of its network data and was seeking a $50 million ransom to be paid by April 27. The ransom would go up to $100 million after the deadline passed.
Taiwan-based Quanta, which makes the Apple Watch, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, refused to pay the ransom. Apple has not commented on the attack and it’s still unknown if they intend to pay the ransom, but Apple is well-known for fiercely protecting its intellectual property and brands.
None of this news dragged down Apple in the markets today; its stock price went up 39 cents a share, closing at $133.50.
Following today’s news of the attack on Quanta, Mike Beck, global chief information security officer at Darktrace, said there’s little doubt that complex digita ..
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