Last month, the Conti ransomware group suffered a series of data leaks. Nevertheless, that has not stopped the threat actor from attacking organizations. Let’s take a look at its recent victims.
Attack on Shutterfly
Shutterfly, online retail and photography manufacturer, underwent a data breach by Conti.
- This led to the exposure of employee information, including names, salary information, compensation claims, and others.
- Bleeping Computer was informed that the ransomware gang encrypted over 120 VMware ESXi servers and 4,000 devices belonging to Shutterfly.
- Other stolen documents include legal agreements, login credentials for corporate services, merchant and bank account information, spreadsheets, and customer information.
Attack on Snap-on Tools
Wisconsin-based Snap-on Tools fell victim to Conti last month. The ransomware group added the victim to its data leak site.
- The attacker posted around 1GB of files, claiming to belong to the victim.
- The stolen data reportedly contains social security numbers, employee identification numbers, and dates of birth, among others.
- However, the data posted has since been removed. Researchers suspect that the reason might be that Snap-on paid the ransom.
Attack on Panasonic Canada
In February, a Conti ransomware attack on Panasonic Canada servers disrupted some of its systems, networks, and processes.
Conti claimed to have exfiltrated about 2.8GB of data, including details of HR and accounting departments, employee salary information, and other internal sensitive documents.
The bottom line
Data breaches today have become a constant bane for any organization. Couple that with a ransomware attack and you have a disaster in your hands, unless you have implemented appropriate and adequate security defenses. Conti is one of the most ruthless ransomware gangs in the threat landscape. While the massive data leaks have led to a deeper understanding of the gang’s operations, other attackers are leveraging the leaked source code to launch their own attacks. However, this has not deterred Conti at all and the gang seems to be operating at a reckless speed.
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