Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-05-08 00:00:00
Affected organization: Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks (GSMLaw)
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Data Attack,Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: REvil
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: The Sodinokibi ransomware group threatens to release hundreds of gigabytes of legal documents from Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, a prominent entertainment and law firm that counts dozens of international stars as their clients, including Madonna, Lady Gaga, Elton John, Robert de Niro, Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown, Usher, U2, Timbaland, Rick Ross, and many others.