Acer Hit By Massive 50 Million Ransomware Attack

With more and more reliance on online servers, digital ransomware attacks on major companies have become a nuisance. Last year, companies such as Garmin and Canon suffered major ransomware attacks. Recently, we even saw CD Projekt Red get hit by a ransomware attack. Now, electronics giant Acer has allegedly suffered one of the biggest ransomware attacks to date, with the hackers demanding $50 million ransom.

Now, as per a report, the ransomware gang recently launched an attack on a Microsoft Exchange server on Acer’s domain. “Advanced Intel’s Andariel cyberintelligence system detected that one particular REvil affiliate pursued Microsoft Exchange weaponization,” Vitali Kremez told BleepingComputers.