Security News > 2024 > June > Meet Brain Cipher — The new ransomware behind Indonesia's data center attack
The new Brain Cipher ransomware operation has begun targeting organizations worldwide, gaining media attention for a recent attack on Indonesia's temporary National Data Center.
Indonesia is building out National Data Centers to securely store servers used by the government for online services and data hosting.
The government confirmed that a new ransomware operation, Brain Cipher, was behind the attack, disrupting over 200 government agencies.
BleepingComputer has learned that the threat actors have stated in the negotiation chat that they are issuing a "Press release" about the "Quality of personal data protection" in the attack, likely indicating that data was stolen.
While the ransomware gang initially launched without a data leak site, their latest ransom notes now link to one, indicating that data is still in attack and will be used in double-extortion schemes.
Keytronic confirms data breach after ransomware gang leaks stolen files.
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