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'}