Hitachi Vantara’s Not-So-Great Akira Adventure: A Ransomware Episode Worth $42 Million
Hitachi Vantara faced an Akira ransomware attack, forcing them to hit pause on servers. While cloud services remain untouched, their systems took a forced siesta to prevent further chaos. With experts on the case, they’re racing to restore service faster than you can say “ransomware recovery services.”
Hot Take:
Looks like Hitachi Vantara just added ‘victim of ransomware attack’ to their resume, thanks to the Akira ransomware gang. Maybe they should have invested in some ransomware recovery services for themselves! The upside? At least they can now provide firsthand experience on the effectiveness of their incident response protocols. Let’s hope their new slogan isn’t “Do as we say, not as we do!”
Key Points:
- Hitachi Vantara was hit by an Akira ransomware attack, forcing servers offline.
- External cybersecurity experts have been hired for investigation and remediation.
- Cloud services remain unaffected, but other operations have been disrupted.
- Akira ransomware has claimed over 250 victims and $42 million in ransom payments.
- Ransom demands range from $200,000 to millions, depending on the victim’s size.
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