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6 terabytes of data and reputation at stake – will the company agree to the terms of serial ransomware?
German hotel chain Motel One, which provides affordable housing for tourists and business travelers, was included in the list of victims of the ALPHV/BlackCat hacker group. In a statement on the leak site, the criminals claim to have stolen 24,449,137 files — approximately 6 TB of data.
The stolen files contain booking dates for the last 3 years, customer names, addresses, contacts, payment details, and other confidential information.
The following message is posted on the Tor network site: "Dear representatives of Motel One, we are publishing this announcement because we have not received a response from you. We extracted 24,449,137 files, approximately 6 TB of information. This includes confirmed bookings in PDF and RTF formats for the last 3 years, including names, addresses, dates, payment methods, and contact information. In addition, the files contain a significant amount of your customers ' credit card data and internal documents, which no doubt contain confidential information. Publishing this information will cause a negative media response and create significant reputational and legal risks for your organization. We want to emphasize that your management is aware of the situation, but is delaying the decision and looking for excuses. We give you 5 days, after which the company will face a catastrophe."
Recently, the ALPHV group has become noticeably more active. Recently, hackers broke into Clarion, a manufacturer of audio and video equipment for cars. They are also implicated in major incidents involving hotel and entertainment chains MGM Resorts and Caesars.
Since its introduction in November 2021, the group has targeted many major companies, including explosives manufacturer SOLAR INDUSTRIES INDIA, US defense contractor NJVC, gas transmission firm Creos Luxembourg S. A., global fashion brand Moncler, as well as Swissport, NCR and Western Digital.
Ransom demands typically range from a few tens of thousands of dollars to tens of millions of dollars.
German hotel chain Motel One, which provides affordable housing for tourists and business travelers, was included in the list of victims of the ALPHV/BlackCat hacker group. In a statement on the leak site, the criminals claim to have stolen 24,449,137 files — approximately 6 TB of data.
The stolen files contain booking dates for the last 3 years, customer names, addresses, contacts, payment details, and other confidential information.
The following message is posted on the Tor network site: "Dear representatives of Motel One, we are publishing this announcement because we have not received a response from you. We extracted 24,449,137 files, approximately 6 TB of information. This includes confirmed bookings in PDF and RTF formats for the last 3 years, including names, addresses, dates, payment methods, and contact information. In addition, the files contain a significant amount of your customers ' credit card data and internal documents, which no doubt contain confidential information. Publishing this information will cause a negative media response and create significant reputational and legal risks for your organization. We want to emphasize that your management is aware of the situation, but is delaying the decision and looking for excuses. We give you 5 days, after which the company will face a catastrophe."
Recently, the ALPHV group has become noticeably more active. Recently, hackers broke into Clarion, a manufacturer of audio and video equipment for cars. They are also implicated in major incidents involving hotel and entertainment chains MGM Resorts and Caesars.
Since its introduction in November 2021, the group has targeted many major companies, including explosives manufacturer SOLAR INDUSTRIES INDIA, US defense contractor NJVC, gas transmission firm Creos Luxembourg S. A., global fashion brand Moncler, as well as Swissport, NCR and Western Digital.
Ransom demands typically range from a few tens of thousands of dollars to tens of millions of dollars.
