Security News > 2020 > November > Ransomware attack shutters Brazilian courts. But did attackers breach the virtual machine divide?
2020-11-06 04:31
Brazil's Superior Tribunal de Justiça has temporarily shut down after a suspected ransomware attack.
The Tribunal is second-highest of Brazil's courts and is the highest court that decides on federal matters other than constitutional law.
The most recent update says data scrambled by the ransomware related to legal proceedings, email, and administrative contracts.
The Register is aware of a similar-sounding case discussed in an October Reddit post alleging that ransomware reached shared storage that holds virtual machine files managed by VMware ESXi.
We consulted VMware experts who cast doubt on that scenario as a viable ransomware vector.
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