Maze Ransomware, a variant of Chacha Ransomware that has been used in many recent hacking attacks, is responsible for the attack on Southwire, the company that produces home and industrial cables, products, portable and electronic cables, etc. for more than 50% of North America. It is a leading cable manufacturing company with more than 7,500 employees.
The attackers breached the company's data and demanded a ransom of approximately $6 million (859 BTC) for the safe release of the data, which is expected to be published if the company does not pay the required amount.
Maze Ransomware was first discovered by Jérôme Segura, a security researcher at Malwarebytes, in May. Since then, the malware has gained massive popularity and is constantly becoming more and more active. While organizing various malspam, it was discovered that its affiliates are actually more dangerous.
On Monday, around the time the company's website was hit by the ransomware attack, administrators found a message posted on Imgur demanding a ransom of 850 BTC from the company.
"The incident caused some disruption to our ability to manufacture and ship our products," said Jason Pollard, a company spokesman.
“The safety of our employees, the quality of our products, and our commitment to our customers are very important to us. Today, we will bring our compromised systems back online, prioritizing the manufacturing and shipping operations that allow us to create and ship our products. Our security experts are dedicated to restoring all systems and getting all of our employees back to work safely and quickly,” he added.
