Retail chain E-Land closed part of stores due to ransomware attack

The information systems of the Korean retail giant E-Land were attacked by the Sipper virus, in connection with 23 The chain stores had to suspend work.

E-Land owns approximately 60 retail brands, Mostly specializing in clothing, which are sold through 5 000 Franchise retail stores. The company also owns and manages hotels and restaurants in South Korea. Due to the attack of the E-Land-Land-Land virus, I had to close 23 of 50 NC Department Store and Newcore Outlet networks.

According to the general director of E-Land Retail, Chan-Khen Sok (Chang-Hyun Seok), The attack on information systems in the main office of the company occurred in the morning 22 November. For, to prevent the spread of the Monk-Militer Virus, The E-Land IT team decided to disable part of the systems, which influenced the work of retail stores.

“The necessary measures were taken to turn off the servers, to prevent further infection. As a result, there was a violation of the operation of systems in some stores. We sincerely apologize to our customers ", -said Chan-Khen Sok.

Director General E-Land Retail added, that the personal data of customers and other important information were not affected, since they are stored on individual servers. At the moment, no group of hackers has taken responsibility for the hack of computer systems E-Land. The amount of the ransom, required by attackers, It is also not reported.

Recall, that a recent survey, Wakefield Research conducted by Wakefield, showed, that the vast majority of companies in the Asia-Pacific region, who became victims of the Monk virus, They pay a ransom.