Best Sleep Centre

Best Sleep Centre

Winnipeg’s Best Sleep Centre was hit by the hacker earlier this month with ransomware, asking for 0.6 of a bitcoin or about $6,000 Canadian.

They was forced to pay hacker who shut down its servers, effectively putting a halt to services and sales there.

He had no choice but to pay.

They paid $2,000 to regain his system and information, or 0.23 of a bitcoin.

Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/4298279/hacker-hits-local-mattress-store-with-ransomware/

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

"id": "bes2023171122",
"linkid": "bestsleep",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "06/2018",
"severity": "75",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Retail',
                        'location': 'Winnipeg',
                        'name': 'Winnipeg’s Best Sleep Centre',
                        'type': 'Business'}],
 'description': 'Winnipeg’s Best Sleep Centre was hit by ransomware, forcing '
                'them to pay a ransom to regain access to their systems.',
 'impact': {'financial_loss': '$2,000',
            'operational_impact': 'Services and sales halted',
            'systems_affected': ['Servers']},
 'motivation': 'Financial gain',
 'ransomware': {'ransom_demanded': '0.6 bitcoin ($6,000 Canadian)',
                'ransom_paid': '0.23 bitcoin ($2,000)'},
 'title': 'Winnipeg’s Best Sleep Centre Ransomware Attack',
 'type': 'Ransomware'}
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