A king-sized ransomware attack that targeted Johnson Controls forced certain parts of its IT systems to go offline and disrupted some of its operations.
The attack on the renowned manufacturer of industrial control systems is reportedly the work of the Dark Angels hacker group.
According to BleepingComputer, which broke the story first, the ransomware group is demanding $51 million in exchange for a decryptor and a complete wipeout of stolen data.
As part of the hack, the company’s ESXi servers were allegedly encrypted and some 27 terabytes of data were stolen by the digital hijackers.
Theft of DHS data?
The data hoard’s potential exposure of private Department of Homeland Security (DHS) information, including physical floor plans of some agency buildings and security details on contracts with third parties, is of particular concern, CNN reported.
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