Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2021-05-06 00:00:00
Affected organization: Brenntag
Affected country: Germany
Industry: Wholesale Trade
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Data Attack,Exploitation of End Host
Motive: Financial
Actor: DarkSide
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: Chemical distribution company Brenntag pays a $4.4 million ransom in Bitcoin to the DarkSide ransomware gang to receive a decryptor for encrypted files and prevent the threat actors from publicly leaking the stolen data.