Security News > 2021 > March > REvil ransomware says they hit Acer, Acer reports "abnormal situations"
Computer giant Acer has been hit by a REvil ransomware attack where the threat actors are demanding the largest known ransom to date, $50,000,000.
Yesterday, the ransomware gang announced on their data leak site that they had breached Acer and shared some images of allegedly stolen files as proof.
In response to BleepingComputer's inquiries, Acer did not provide a clear answer regarding whether they suffered a REvil ransomware attack, saying instead that they "Reported recent abnormal situations" to relevant LEAs and DPAs.
After publishing our story, Valery Marchive of LegMagIT discovered the REvil ransomware sample used in the Acer attack that demanded a whopping $50 million ransom.
In conversations between the victim and REvil, which started on March 14th, the Acer representative showed shock at the massive $50 million demand.
Update 3/19/21 2:45PM: Updated with information from discovered Acer ransomware sample.