Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-11-09 00:00:00
Affected organization: Compal Electronics
Affected country: Taiwan (Province of China)
Industry: Manufacturing
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Data Attack
Motive: Financial
Actor: INDRIK SPIDER
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: Taiwanese laptop manufacturer Compal is hit by the DoppelPaymer ransomware. The threat actors are asking for $16.7 million for a decryption key.