Internal documents and files may have been affected.
The major German brewery Oettinger Brauerei was hit by the Ransom House ransomware gang in an attack that resulted in significant data compromise.
According to Cybernews, Ransom House allegedly encrypted three years’ worth of internal files, after an initial infection on April 19th.
“The leaked internal documents could expose trade secrets, supplier contracts, employee data, and financial records, handing cyber-criminals the perfect playbook for future attacks,” said researchers. “While the financial damage from breach response and potential ransom payments could run into the millions.”
More than 120 organisations have already been compromised by Ransom House since its emergence in December 2021, including the Hospital Clinic de Barcelona in Spain that had thousands of medical appointments deferred after its systems had been disrupted by the ransomware gang over two years ago.
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
