The LockBit ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for the cyberattack on Bridgestone Americas, one of the world's largest tire manufacturers.
The group announced that it would leak all the data stolen from the company and started a countdown timer.
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The timer has started
Bridgestone has dozens of production facilities around the world and over 130,000 employees, according to company figures published at the end of 2020.
On February 27, Bridgestone began investigating “a potential safety incident” that was identified in the early hours of the same day.
By the time the LockBit ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the attack, adding Bridgestone Americas to its list of victims, no details about the incident had emerged.
LockBit is one of the most active ransomware gangs today, targeting large companies, sometimes demanding ransoms of tens of millions of dollars, as happened with Accenture.
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It's unclear what data LockBit stole from Bridgestone or how damaging its leak would be to the company.
In a report published last month, industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos notes that LockBit was the most active ransomware actor targeting the industrial sector last year, with 103 attacks, with the Conti gang following closely behind (63 attacks).
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The FBI in early February shared technical details and defensive tips for LockBit ransomware attacks, noting that a bug in the malware allows a hidden debug window to appear to view the status of data destruction in real time.
Bridgestone Americas responded to BleepingComputer's request for comment, saying it is working with Accenture Security "to investigate and understand the full scope and nature of the incident" and is conducting analysis to determine what data was stolen.
Information source: bleepingcomputer.com
