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Acer Reportedly Faces $50M Ransomware Attack

The REvil hacking group has hit computer behemoth Acer with a record $50 million ransomware attack. So reports Bleeping Computer.

ransomware 2430833 640smallThe ransomware gang leaks images of alleged financial documents and other communications that they said were evidence they had stolen Acer’s files.

The Taiwan-based company didn’t explicitly acknowledge the attack, saying that “we have reported recent abnormal situations observed to the relevant law enforcement and data protection authorities in multiple countries.”

Read the full article from Bleeping Computer.

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