Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-08-14 00:00:00
Affected organization: Brown-Forman Corp.
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Manufacturing
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: REvil
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: Brown-Forman Corp., a manufacturer of alcoholic beverages including Jack Daniel's and Finlandia, said it was hit by a cyber-attack in which some information, including employee data, may have been impacted. The company, however, was able to prevent its systems from being encrypted.