Money Message Ransoms MSI for $4M
April 7th, 2023 |
The ransomware group Money Message claims to have stolen source code from a PC manufacturer, MSI (Micro-Star International). MSI is one of the largest manufacturers of PC components such as motherboards and graphics cards,
The threat actors claimed to have stolen 1.5TB of data from MSI’s systems, including designs, source code and databases. They also provided screenshots of the manufacturer’s CTMS and ERP databases and files containing software source code, private keys as well as BIOS firmware. Money Message threatened to leak these stolen documents if a $4M ransom is not met.
At this time, the vectors and mechanisms for this attack are unknown.
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