Cybersecurity incident — 2023-12-04 00:00:00
Affected organization: Hangzhou Great Star Industrial
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Manufacturing
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Akira
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined

The American division of the Chinese multinational Hangzhou Great Star Industrial Co., Ltd (Great Star), pays a ransom of 1 million dollars in a BTC wallet to the Akira ransomware group.