Apple supplier Quanta hit with $50 million ransomware attack from REvil
Ransomware group REvil claimed in a blog post published on Tuesday to have stolen blueprints for Apple's latest products. On the same day, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced multiple new products at an online event.
Quanta Computer Inc. acknowledged the attack in a statement made to Bloomberg, stating that the company's information security team worked with external experts to deal with cyber attacks on a small number of servers. The company also told Bloomberg that there has been no material impact on business operations.
The company makes Macbooks for Apple. According to Bloomberg's report, REvil had posted plans for a new laptop including images for what looks like a Macbook designed in March 2021 by the time the online event ended Tuesday afternoon. REvil demanded $50 million for the decryption key, according to a chat-room transcript reviewed by Bloomberg. Lior Div, CEO of Cybereason and an expert in hacking, forensics, reverse engineering, malware and cryptography, said that the attack is a direct challenge to the Biden administration from Russia.
