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Computer Giant Acer Hit By $50 Million Ransomware Attack Computer giant Acer has been hit by a REvil ransomware attack where the threat actors are demanding the largest known ransom to date, $50,000,000. Acer is a Taiwanese electronics and computer maker well-known for laptops, desktops, and monitors. Acer employs approximately 7,000 employees and earned $7.8 billion
FBI Warns Of BEC Attacks Increasingly Targeting US Govt Orgs The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning US private sector companies about an increase in business email compromise (BEC) attacks targeting state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) government entities. This warning was issued via a TLP:WHITE Private Industry Notification (PIN) sent on March 17 and coordinated
Russian Pleads Guilty To Tesla Hacking And Extortion Attempt Russian national Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov has pleaded guilty to recruiting a Tesla employee to plant malware designed to steal data within the network of Tesla’s Nevada Gigafactory. His end goal was to extort the company using the sensitive information stolen from Tesla’s servers as leverage to
Swiss Hacker Charged For Leaking Proprietary Source Code Swiss national Till Kottmann, 21, has been charged for conspiracy, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. Kottmann has been at the forefront of numerous leaks involving source code, some of it proprietary or confidential, from dozens of large companies. In a