Security News > 2021 > February > Leading Canadian rental car company hit by DarkSide ransomware
Canadian Discount Car and Truck Rentals has been hit with a DarkSide ransomware attack where the hackers claim to have stolen 120GB of data.
Discount Car and Truck Rentals is a leading Canadian car and truck rental company with 300 locations throughout Canada.
This month, the car rental company suffered a cyberattack by the DarkSide ransomware gang that has disrupted the company's online rental services at discountcar.com.
"Discount Car and Truck Rentals was subject to a ransomware attack that impacted the Discount headquarters office. A fully-dedicated team isolated and contained the attack quickly. The team is working to investigate and restore service as quickly and safely as possible," Discount Car and Truck Rentals confirmed in a statement to BleepingComputer.
DarkSide recently listed the company on their ransomware data leak site where they claim to have stolen 120 GB of unencrypted data, including finance, marketing, banking, account, and franchisee data.
These plans backfired on the ransomware operation as it caused ransomware negotiation firm, Coveware, to place DarkSide operation on an internal restricted list due to concerns about US sanctions.