Blackbyte Group Claims Compromising Precious Metal Manufacturer in HongKong demanding $1.1M

October 31, 2022

INCIDENT

The BlackByte ransomware group claims to have compromised Asahi Group Holdings, a precision metal manufacturing and metal solution provider. The BlackByte ransomware group claims to have stolen gigabytes of documents from Asahi Group Holdings, including financial and sales reports. The ransomware gang is demanding 500k$ to buy data and 600k$ to delete the stolen data.

Incident Date

October 30, 2022

Location

China

Estimated Cost

Ransomware demanded $1.1M

Type of Malware

No Malware identified

Threat Source