Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2022-04-07 00:00:00
Affected organization: Oil, gas, mining and construction company in South America
Affected country: Undetermined
Industry: Utilities
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Data Attack,Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: ALPHVM
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: Researchers from Kaspersky provide an analysis of a BlackCat ransomware attack targeting an undisclosed oil, gas, mining and construction company in South America via a data exfiltration tool called Fendr and ExMatter.