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Quanta confirms ransomware attack [REvil / Sodinokibi / XSS / Happy Blog]
Digitimes ^ | April 21, 2021 | Aaron Lee, Taipei; Joseph Tsai, Digitimes

Posted on 04/21/2021 7:35:22 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

Quanta Computer has confirmed that its computer systems have been hacked, following reports that some of the ODM's files containing clients' notebook designs have been stolen by a hacker group that has demaned a ransom of XMR123,028 in cryptocurrency - equivalent to almost US$50 million.

(Excerpt) Read more at digitimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: apple; china; india; quanta; revil; russia; sodinokibi; taiwan
Apple Targeted in $50 Million Ransomware Hack of Supplier Quanta [Bloomberg, blocked on FR]
(BTW, the trick to reading Bloomberg is to load the page, then work fast, ctrl-A (in Windows) to highlight all text, copy it, then paste it into (in my case) a Notepad window, then go back for the URL.)

1 posted on 04/21/2021 7:35:22 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Russian hackers.

2 posted on 04/21/2021 7:36:15 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Thanks for that advice.
will work with others i’m sure..


3 posted on 04/21/2021 8:36:20 AM PDT by mowowie (Press 2 for deportation)
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To: SunkenCiv

Just delete and recover using a backup. I guess they did not have a backup.


4 posted on 04/21/2021 8:45:43 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: minnesota_bound

These attacks are more sophisticated now than in the past. The typical initial phase is to corrupt the backups so a restore isn’t possible.


5 posted on 04/21/2021 9:16:36 AM PDT by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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