Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-10-22 00:00:00
Affected organization: Sopra Steria
Affected country: France
Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Data Attack
Motive: Financial
Actor: WIZARD SPIDER
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: European IT services group Sopra Steria is battling a suspected ransomware attack on its network. The virus has been identified as a previosuly unknown version of the Ryuk ransomware.