Security News > 2022 > June > AMD investigates RansomHouse hack claims, theft of 450GB data
Semiconductor giant AMD says they are investigating a cyberattack after the RansomHouse gang claimed to have stolen 450 GB of data from the company last year.
RansomHouse is a data extortion group that breaches corporate networks, steals data, and then demands a ransom payment to not publicly leak the data or sell it to other threat actors.
For the past week, RansomHouse has been teasing on Telegram that they would be selling the data for a well-known three-letter company that starts with the letter A. Yesterday, the extortion group added AMD to their data leak site, claiming to have stolen 450 GB of data.
While RansomHouse has previously been linked to ransomware operations, such as WhiteRabbit, they state that they do not encrypt devices, and ransomware was not used on AMD. The threat actors said they did not contact AMD with a ransom demand as selling the data to other entities or threat actors was more valuable.
"No, we haven't reached out to AMD as our partners consider it to be a waste of time: it will be more worth it to sell the data rather then wait for AMD representatives to react with a lot of bureaucracy involved," a RansomHouse representative told BleepingComputer.
"AMD is aware of a bad actor claiming to be in possession of stolen data from AMD. An investigation is currently underway." - AMD. RansomHouse launched its operation in December 2021 when it leaked its first victim, Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority.