There is no timing when companies can be damaged by ransomware attacks.However, on May 20, 2021, when Matthew Day, Matthew Day, the highest information officer (CIO) of LANGS BUILDING SUPPLIES, it was the worst, before the dawn of the day he was about to take a vacation after a long absence.It was timing.
Mr. Day said, "I was just on vacation, but I received a phone call around 4 am that morning. In short, I can't log in, what's going on."That was. "
When he left the bed, he took a 30 -minute drive into an office in Brisbane, Australia.The LANGS, which he works, is a company that builds, building materials, and housing construction.Until he went to the company, Day was wondering what happened.It may be a hardware failure or a power outage out of planning.
When he arrived at the company and tried to launch a system, the answer was immediately revealed.This is because the ransom request message was displayed, along with the display "You've BeeN Hacked".
LANGS was damaged by ransomware called "Lorenz", with multiple servers and thousands of files.The crime group has demanded $ 15 million worthwhile bitcoin in exchange for a decryption key.Like many other ransomware attacks, the crime group has threatened to steal information and leak the stolen information if the ransom does not pay.
"In fact, this demand was quite scary, but we were able to quickly isolate the attack and separate the network," said Day.
He believes that LANGS has become a target, may have been affected by the company's business.At that time, the Queensland government was implementing measures to continue the trade and construction business while most of the Australia faced the effects of Corona.If architectural suppliers, such as LANGS, could not continue their business, could be affected by the overall measures for the local construction industry.
"If so, it was a matter of not only LANGS but at the macro level. If we were offline and we could not supply materials to the construction company, they would not be able to build a house.It was even bigger, "he said.