Auction acts as payback after authority publicly refuses to pay up
The trend of ransomware crews claiming to sell stolen data privately instead of leaking it online continues with Rhysida marketing the data allegedly belonging to Port of Seattle for 100 Bitcoin .attack last year, claims to have pinched more than 3 TB worth of data and exposed sample documents to"prove" it.
The group's decision to auction the data rather than leak it somewhat follows in the footsteps of the Meow group, which recently shifted focus to pure extortion and selling the data it steals., although this appears to have been a one-off rather than a full tactical shift towards auctioning data instead of leaking it.last week, Sergey Shykevich, threat intelligence group manager at Check Point Research, expressed his doubt over the strategy and how lucrative it may be for cybercriminals.
"The Port has refused to pay the ransom demanded, and as a result, the actor may respond by posting data they claim to have stolen on their darkweb site."Respond Rhysida did. Alongside the snippet of leaked documents containing various data points, it also shared what it alleges to be a screenshot of an email sent by the Port offering a $750,000 payment for the stolen data, but this contradicts the Port's statement on the matter.
"We took steps to block further activities including disconnecting our systems from the internet, but unfortunately, the encryption and our response actions hindered some Port services including baggage, check-in kiosks, ticketing, Wi-Fi, passenger display boards, the Port of Seattle website, the flySEA app, and reserved parking.
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