The hackers are demanding 1,580 Bitcoins amounting to $10.9M/€9.9M or from the victim of their ransomware attack.
Energy companies represent one of the most mission-critical businesses in an economy and naturally, their security is of paramount importance. But, as with every system, they can also be compromised. This is exactly what happened a couple of days ago when an energy giant was hit by a devastating ransomware attack.
Energias de Portugal (EDP), a Portuguese electric company that happens to be a European energy giant present in 19 countries and the 4th largest Wind producer globally with 11 million customers, was attacked by the Ragnar Locker ransomware.
Claiming to steal over 10 Terabytes of data; the attackers are demanding a sum of 1580 Bitcoins amounting to $10.9M/€9.9M or they will leak the data.
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A post on Ragnarok’s website, the group behind the ransomware attack (sorry Thor fans) stated:
“Below just a couple of files and screenshots from your network only as a proof of possession! At this moment current post is a temporary, but it could become a permanent page and also we will publish this Leak in Huge and famous journals and blogs, also we will notify all your clients, partners and competitors. So it’s depend on you make it confidential or public !”
Here is a full preview of the post on the group’s website only accessible via hackers steal ransomware attack energy giant
