Security News > 2020 > November > Hackers Demand $11 Million From Capcom After Ransomware Attack
A group of cybercriminals that breached the systems of Japanese video game giant Capcom is demanding $11 million after deploying ransomware and stealing vast amounts of data.
Capcom said it was forced to halt some operations and that the incident impacted its email and file servers, among other systems.
The cybercriminals who breached Capcom, a group that uses the ransomware known as Ragnar Locker, claim to have stolen more than 1 TB of files, including accounting files, banking statements, financial reports, tax documents, intellectual property, proprietary business information, personal information of employees and customers, corporate contracts, emails, private chats, and various other types of information.
A researcher who uses the online moniker pancak3 told SecurityWeek that he learned from the attackers that they are initially asking Capcom to pay $11 million in bitcoin.
The researcher says the hackers claim their ransomware encrypted roughly 2,000 Capcom servers, including file servers.
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