Security News > 2022 > March > Rompetrol gas station network hit by Hive ransomware

Romania's Rompetrol gas station network has been hit by a ransomware attack.

A subsidiary of KMG International, Rompetrol announced today that it is dealing with a "Complex cyberattack" that forced it to shut down its websites and the Fill&Go service at gas stations.

"The activity of Rompetrol gas stations is carried out normally, the customers having at their disposal the option of payment in cash or by bank card."

BleepingComputer has learned that Hive Ransomware gang is behind the attack on KMG subsidiary Rompetrol.

We have also learned that Hive is demanding a $2 million ransom from Rompetrol to receive a decryptor and not to leak allegedly stolen data.

The Hive ransomware gang is more active and aggressive than its leak site shows, with affiliates attacking an average of three companies every day since the operation became known in late June 2021.

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