French media is reporting that the Bouygues Group’s construction subsidiary has been hit by a massive ransomware attack. The entire computer network has been affected, and all of the company’s servers shut down. A ransom of 10 million Euros has been requested, and at least 200GB of data already stolen.
The @Bouygues_C computer network has been the victim of an act of cybercrime. We are doing everything we can to get back to normal as soon as possible. We are in close contact with our customers and partners as well as the relevant authorities. https://t.co/eHW3qoJMlD
— Bouygues Construction (@Bouygues_C) January 31, 2020
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@Matt Walmsley, EMEA Director, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"With these type of high velocity attacks time is the defending security team’s most precious resource...."
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@Matt Walmsley, EMEA Director, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"With these type of high velocity attacks time is the defending security team’s most precious resource...."
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@Dr. Muhammad Malik, Editor-in-Chief, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"The ransomware uses RSA-2048 and ChaCha20 encryption and normally requires the victim to contact the threat actor by email for the decryption key...."
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@Dr. Muhammad Malik, Editor-in-Chief, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"The ransomware uses RSA-2048 and ChaCha20 encryption and normally requires the victim to contact the threat actor by email for the decryption key...."
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@Sam Curry, Chief Security Officer, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Recovery is paramount and continual improvement and learning after the discovery is critical. ..."
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@Sam Curry, Chief Security Officer, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Recovery is paramount and continual improvement and learning after the discovery is critical. ..."
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