Law Firm hacked Representing celebrities including Priyanka Chopra, $42 million ransom demanded by hackers
It claims to have individual subtleties of Chopra Jonas, Lady Gaga, Madonna, and “a huge amount of filthy clothing” on Donald Trump.
Hackers are demanding a payoff of $42 million (about Rs. 317 crores) from New York-based big name and amusement law office Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, with seven days in length cutoff time and approaching danger of its customers’ very own subtleties distributed online openly. The hacking bunch “REvil” a.k.a. “Sodinokibi”, which is behind the assault as indicated by cybersecurity firm Emsisoft, affirms to have data on any semblance of Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Nicki Minaj, Bruce Springsteen, Jessica Simpson, Idina Menzel, Christina Aguilera, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Ella Mai, Cam Newton, Bette Midler, Run DMC, and Facebook.
On May 8, the hackers posted proof of the taken information — including a screen capture of Madonna’s agreement for the 2019-20 “Madame X” visit — on the dim web, per Emsisoft. Said information is purportedly 756GB in size and incorporates telephone numbers, email addresses, amusement contracts, non-revelation understandings, and “individual correspondence”. On May 11, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks affirmed that it had endured a break, advised its customers and staff, and was working with “specialists”. That was trailed by the $21 million payoff request on May 12.
Be that as it may, the law office is declining to haggle with the Hackers, as the FBI is right now exploring the case. Emsisoft had said that the Hackers would distribute the information in portions if installment wasn’t made, and that is actually what occurred. On May 13, the Hackers purportedly attempted to share 1GB of records to distributed storage administration Mega. In any case, their record was ended by Mega because of a penetrate of terms of administration. As per Variety, in an online post, the Hackers insulted the law office for recruiting ransomware remediation firm Coveware, calling it “a mix-up to employ a recuperation organization in the dealings.”
And afterward, on May 14, the Hackers multiplied the payoff request to $42 million and said they likewise have “a huge amount of grimy clothing” on US President Donald Trump, which they would distribute in seven days if the installment isn’t made. Trump has never been a customer of Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, so the association isn’t clear.
In the event that “REvil”/”Sodinokibi” is genuinely behind the assault on Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, at that point the last join a rundown of targets including the UK-based money trade Travelex and Florida-based administration counseling Brooks International among others. Travelex paid $2.3 million (about Rs. 17.35 crores) in bitcoin to programmers who had assumed control over its system, as indicated by the Wall Street Journal in April.
