Acer

The back-office network of PC manufacturer Acer fell prey to the REvil ransomware group in March 2021.

The group had posted information acquired in the attack on dark web and demanded a huge sum of $50 million to decrypt the devices.

Source: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/acer-ransomware-134043106.html

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/acer

"id": "ace21245322",
"linkid": "acer",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "03/2021",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Technology',
                        'name': 'Acer',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'date_detected': 'March 2021',
 'description': 'The back-office network of PC manufacturer Acer fell prey to '
                'the REvil ransomware group in March 2021. The group had '
                'posted information acquired in the attack on dark web and '
                'demanded a huge sum of $50 million to decrypt the devices.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Information posted on dark web',
            'systems_affected': 'Back-office network'},
 'motivation': 'Financial',
 'ransomware': {'ransom_demanded': '$50 million', 'ransomware_strain': 'REvil'},
 'threat_actor': 'REvil',
 'title': 'Acer Ransomware Attack',
 'type': 'Ransomware'}