Cyber Attack at Entrust Security Provider

Minneapolis, MN-based security provider, Entrust, suffered a cyber attack last month where some data ended up stolen.
Entrust provides security solutions for user and machine identities, payments, and digital infrastructure.
Todd Wilkinson, entrust president and chief executive released a statement discussing the incident.
“I am writing to let you know that on June 18, we learned that an unauthorized party accessed certain of our systems used for internal operations. We have been working tirelessly to remediate this situation since that moment."

Estimated Cost

Ransomware attack, initial ransom was $8M, then dropped to $6.8M. Victim offered $1M, but then took back offer.

Threat Source

Impacts

IT