Security News > 2022 > September > Damart clothing store hit by Hive ransomware, $2 million demanded
Damart, a French clothing company with over 130 stores across the world, is being extorted for $2 million after a cyberattack from the Hive ransomware gang.
Damart has not engaged in negotiations with the cybercriminals yet but informed the national police of the incident, which makes it unlikely that Hive would receive a payment.
The first signs of trouble appeared on August 15, when Damart published a message about an unscheduled maintenance on the homepage of its online store.
"Damart, the mail order clothing brand, based in Bingley, West Yorkshire, has confirmed that there was an attempt to intrude into their IT systems, which they were rapidly able to intercept with strong security protocols."
"As a precaution, they have temporarily restricted some services available to customers, which is why the website is currently offline. Data and system security is a top priority for the business and reassuringly there is no evidence to-date that any customer data has been impacted in any way."
Hive ransomware has not listed Damart on their data leak site and the company has repeatedly denied that the hackers stole any data.