Laboratoires Pierre Fabre, 2nd largest dermo-cosmetics laboratory worldwide fell victim of a cyberattack by REvil Ransomware group.
The company had to put its system into standby mode in order to restrain the spread of the virus which led to the gradual, temporary stoppage of most production activities (except for the production facility in Gaillac (in the Tarn in France).
The attackers initially demanded a $25 million ransom, but the ransom was doubled when the victim failed to respond.
Source: https://heimdalsecurity.com/blog/pierre-fabre-victim-of-revil-ransomware/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/pierre-fabre
"id": "pie231771222",
"linkid": "pierre-fabre",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "04/2021",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization’s existence"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Dermo-cosmetics',
'location': 'France',
'name': 'Laboratoires Pierre Fabre',
'type': 'Company'}],
'description': 'Laboratoires Pierre Fabre, the 2nd largest dermo-cosmetics '
'laboratory worldwide, fell victim to a cyberattack by the '
'REvil Ransomware group. The company had to put its system '
'into standby mode to restrain the spread of the virus, '
'leading to the gradual, temporary stoppage of most production '
'activities (except for the production facility in Gaillac, '
'Tarn, France). The attackers initially demanded a $25 million '
'ransom, but the ransom was doubled when the victim failed to '
'respond.',
'impact': {'downtime': ['Gradual, temporary stoppage of most production '
'activities'],
'operational_impact': ['System put into standby mode'],
'systems_affected': ['Production activities']},
'motivation': 'Financial',
'ransomware': {'ransom_demanded': ['$25 million', '$50 million'],
'ransomware_strain': 'REvil'},
'response': {'containment_measures': ['System put into standby mode']},
'threat_actor': 'REvil Ransomware group',
'title': 'Laboratoires Pierre Fabre Ransomware Attack',
'type': 'Ransomware'}