Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-11-21 00:00:00
Affected organization: Advantech
Affected country: Taiwan (Province of China)
Industry: Undetermined
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Data Attack,Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: WIZARD SPIDER
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: Chip maker Advantech has been hit by the Conti ransmware gang. The threat actor is demanding a $14 million ransom to decrypt the affected systems.