Adif, hit by ransomware
Adif, a public company that manages railway infrastructures in Spain, acknowledged having suffered a ransomware-type cybercrime, executed by the group of cybercriminals known as REVil.
This group has shared images of the stolen information, including contracts, invoices, private correspondence, telephone numbers, customer data, certificates, files, tariffs and internal reports, up to a total of 800 gb of data.
Adif assures that the attack has been controlled by its internal security services without the need to make the payment required by the criminals. They also indicate that at no time has their infrastructure been affected, guaranteeing at all times the proper functioning of all their services.
References:
- 22/07/2020 elconfidencial.com Chantaje a Adif: cibercriminales amenazan con difundir 800GB de información sensible
- 22/07/2020 businessinsider.es Adif, víctima de un ataque informático del mismo grupo de ciberdelincuentes que hackeó a los abogados de Trump: aseguran haber robado 800 GB de datos
- 22/07/2020 abc.es Adif sufre un ciberchantaje por un grupo de ciberdelincuentes que amenaza con filtrar datos privados