Ransomware Attack Against Montreal Utility

A 100-year-old municipal organization that manages electrical infrastructure in the city of Montreal suffered a ransomware attack at the hands of the Lockbit criminal group.
Commission des services electriques de Montréal (CSEM) suffered the attack at the hands of the ransomware gang called Lockbit this past Wednesday which said it “added Commission des services electriques de Montreal to their victim list.”
The electric provider said in an advisory it was hit with ransomware on August 3 but refused to pay the ransom.

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IT