Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-09-10 00:00:00
Affected organization: Equinix
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Information
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Data Attack,Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: NetWalker
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Data center and colocation giant Equinix has been hit with a Netwalker ransomware attack where threat actors are demanding $4.5 millionï¿½for a decryptor and to prevent the release of stolen data.