Electronic Warfare Associates (EWA)

Electronic Warfare Associates (EWA)

The web servers of Electronic Warfare Associates were targeted by the Ryuk ransomware group.

The attackers encrypted the files containing government and military-related data and left the ransom note.

Source: https://www.zdnet.com/article/dod-contractor-suffers-ransomware-infection/

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

"id": "ele23264322",
"linkid": "ewa",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "01/2020",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Defense',
                        'name': 'Electronic Warfare Associates',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['government data',
                                              'military-related data']},
 'description': 'The web servers of Electronic Warfare Associates were '
                'targeted by the Ryuk ransomware group. The attackers '
                'encrypted the files containing government and '
                'military-related data and left the ransom note.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['government data', 'military-related data'],
            'systems_affected': ['web servers']},
 'ransomware': {'data_encryption': True, 'ransomware_strain': 'Ryuk'},
 'threat_actor': 'Ryuk ransomware group',
 'title': 'Ryuk Ransomware Attack on Electronic Warfare Associates',
 'type': 'Ransomware'}
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