Security News > 2023 > May > Dish Network likely paid ransom after recent ransomware attack

Dish Network, an American television provider, most likely paid a ransom after being hit by a ransomware attack in February based on the wording used in data breach notification letters sent to impacted employees.

Ransomware gangs only delete data or provide a decryption key after a ransom is paid, meaning that is highly unlikely that Dish could receive confirmation that the stolen data was deleted without paying.

Past incidents have demonstrated that victims who paid ransoms were subsequently subjected to further extortion weeks later, had their data sold to other threat actors, or had it leaked on data leak sites.

BleepingComputer reached out to a Dish Network spokesperson to confirm if they paid the ransom but a response was not immediately available.

Although the specific ransomware gang responsible for the incident remains unnamed by the company, BleepingComputer was told by credible sources that the notorious Black Basta ransomware operation orchestrated the assault, initially breaching Boost Mobile before infiltrating the Dish corporate network.

Dish Network has yet to respond to numerous BleepingComputer inquiries sent via email, seeking more details regarding the outage and the underlying ransomware attack.

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