Cybersecurity incident — 2020-07-18 00:00:00
Affected organization: Telecom Argentina
Affected country: Argentina
Industry: Information
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service,Data Attack
Motive: Financial
Actor: REvil
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Russian Federation

The REvil ransomware gang infects the internal network of Telecom Argentina, and asks for a $7.5 million ransom demand to unlock encrypted files.