Telecom Argentina

Telecom Argentina

Argentina's largest telecom, one of the leading services in the country since 1990 was hit by crypto-demanding ransomware.

Unknown attackers asked for $7.5 million in Monero, a major privacy coin as ransom.

Numerous Windows computers owned by the company were hacked and encrypted, many of which contain sensitive data.

Source: https://invezz.com/news/2020/07/20/argentinian-telecom-hit-by-monero-ransomware/

"id": "TEL14716123",
"linkid": "telecom-argentina",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "07/2020",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
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