ALPHV/Blackcat Reportedly Demands ‘8 figure’ Ransom from Western Digital

On March 26 hackers breached Western Digital's

Hackers breached data storage giant Western Digital internal network and stole company data. They claim to have stolen around 10 terabytes of data from the company, including reams of customer information. The extortionists are pushing the company to negotiate a ransom — of a “minimum 8 figures” — in exchange for not publishing the stolen data.

The ALPHV ransomware operation, aka BlackCat, has published screenshots of internal emails and video conferences stolen from Western Digital, indicating they likely had continued access to the company's systems even as the company responded to the breach Western Digital declined to comment regarding the leaked screenshots and claims by the threat actors.

Estimated Cost

cloud services shut down for 2 weeks, 10TB data stolen,

Threat Source

Impacts

IT