Conti Ransomware Targets Taiwanese Apple and Tesla Supplier Delta Electronics

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Taiwanese electronics manufacturing firm Delta Electronics was targeted by the Conti ransomware this week. The company operates as a supplier for major tech giants such as Apple, Tesla, HP, and Dell.

According to a statement circulated on January 22, 2022, the company said the incident only affected non-critical systems, which had no significant impact on its operations. Delta is now working on restoring systems taken down during the attack and says it has hired the services of third-party security experts to help with the investigation and recovery process.

The company added that it had notified law enforcement agencies and hired information systems advisers to investigate the attack and to improve network security. While Delta’s statement did not disclose who was behind the attack, an undisclosed information security company discovered a Conti ransomware sample deployed on the company’s network.

The Conti operators claim to have encrypted 1,500 servers and 12,000 computers out of about 65,000 devices on the company’s network. The Conti ransom

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