Security News > 2021 > April > REvil gang tries to extort Apple, threatens to sell stolen blueprints
The REvil ransomware gang asked Apple to "Buy back" stolen product blueprints to avoid having them leaked on REvil's leak site before today's Apple Spring Loaded event.
The ransomware gang wants Apple to pay a ransom by May 1st to prevent its stolen data from being leaked and added that they are also "Negotiating the sale of large quantities of confidential drawings and gigabytes of personal data with several major brands."
REvil tried to extort Apple only after Quanta Computer, a leading notebook manufacturer and one of Apple's business partners, refused to communicate with the ransomware gang or pay the ransom demanded after they allegedly stole "a lot of confidential data" from Quanta's network.
Quanta is a Taiwan-based original design manufacturer and an Apple Watch, Apple Macbook Air, and Apple Macbook Pro maker.
REvil leaked over a dozen schematics and diagrams of MacBook components on its dark web leak site, although there is no indication that any of them are new Apple products.
In a negotiation chat on REvil's payment site seen by BleepingComputer, REvil warned that "Drawings of all Apple devices and all personal data of employees and customers will be published with subsequent sale" if Quanta did not begin negotiating a ransom.