The hackers demanded $50 million in BTC from the pharmaceutical company Pierre Fabre – Bits Media

Pierre Fabre, a large French pharmaceutical company, is attacked by the REvil ransomware virus, and most of the production was stopped. Hackers demand $50 million in bitcoins for decrypting data.

Pierre Fabre is the second largest pharmacological a group in France and occupies the second place in dermoscometology in the world. The number of company employees exceeds 10,000 people.

Kiberataka for the IT infrastructure Pierre Fabre was completed 31 Martha, But after a day, the team of system administrators of the company managed to restore control of the situation. However, to limit the spread of the Revil virus, they had to suspend work or completely disable most of their systems.

“As a precaution and in accordance with the risk management plan, The group’s information systems were immediately transferred to frost mode, To limit the spread of the virus. This led to the temporary stop of most of the production, with the exception of the enterprise in Gayaak, which produces active ingredients for pharmaceutical and cosmetic products ", -reported in the press release of the company.

At the same time, the press release does not give any details. However, Bleeping Computer journalists contacted Revil group and confirmed, that Pierre Fabre systems were encrypted. Initially, hackers demanded $25 Milln in bitcoins for decoding files, but then the amount of the ransom was increased to $50 million. However, while there was no payment and, It is quite possible, The French company is not going to follow the attackers.

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