Operators of Conti ransomware virus requested 750 BTC from Advantech

Advantech infrastructure, developing and producing chips for the Internet of Things (IoT), attacked by Conti ransomware. Hackers demand a ransom 750 BTC.

Advantech leads the IoT industry, and the company's revenue for 2019 year made up $1.9 billion. Therefore, the hackers demanded a ransom in the amount of 750 BTC ($14.5 million) for decrypting data. Attackers highlighted, that before encrypting the files, all information was copied to the hackers' servers.

Взлом компании состоялся еще 21 November. Hackers highlighted, what if the ransom is not paid, then they will start publishing inside Advantech information. 27 November, an archive of size 3.03 GB, in which, according to hackers, was posted 2% copied data.

Recall, that the Conti virus was first seen "in the wild" in December 2019 of the year, however, the peak of infections by this ransomware occurred in July 2020 of the year. Conti is based on the code of the famous Ryuk virus. Interesting, that when encrypting files, Conti launches immediately 32 flow to speed up the process.