AlphV Threatens to Release Terabytes of Stolen Data | Sep 23 Hack
In a chilling turn of events, the notorious Russian ransomware group AlphV, also known as BlackCat, has expanded its cyber-attacks to target several Victorian businesses in Australia.
These malicious actors, notorious for infiltrating one of the country's largest law firms, HWL Ebsworth, are now extorting TissuPath, a pathology company, Strata Plan, an owners corporation service provider, Barry Plant Blackburn, a real estate agency, and Tisher Liner FC Law, a business and property law firm.
AlphV claims to have stolen a staggering 4.95 terabytes of sensitive data from these organizations and is threatening to publish it. This alarming breach of cybersecurity underscores the urgency of bolstering defenses against such sophisticated cyber threats.
Read on to uncover the details of this unfolding cybersecurity crisis and the implications it holds for these businesses and their clients.