Apple supplier Quanta targeted in ransomware hack
21 April 2021 - 17:09
As Apple was revealing its newest line of iPads and flashy new iMacs on Tuesday, one of its primary suppliers was enduring a ransomware attack from a Russian operator claiming to have stolen blueprints of the US company’s latest products.
The ransomware group REvil, also known as Sodinokibi, published a blog on its darkweb site on Tuesday in which it claimed to have infiltrated the computer network of Quanta Computer. The Taiwan-based company is a key supplier to Apple, manufacturing mostly Macbooks. It similarly produces goods for the likes of HP, Facebook and Alphabet’s Google...
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