BrianKrebsAug 24, 2023

Yikes!

"CloudNordic has told customers to consider all of their data lost following a ransomware infection that encrypted the large Danish cloud provider's servers and "paralyzed CloudNordic completely," according to the IT outfit's online confession.

"The intrusion happened in the early-morning hours of August 18 during which miscreants shut down all of CloudNordic's systems, wiping both company and customers' websites and email systems. Since then, the IT team and third-party responders have been working to restore punters' data — but as of Tuesday, it's not looking great."

https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/23/ransomware_wipes_cloudnordic/

Criminals go full Viking on CloudNordic, wipe all servers and customer data

IT outfit says it can't — and won't — pay the ransom demand

The Register
Show threadBrianKrebsAug 24, 2023
Been saying this forever: If they can deploy spam bots or infostealer bots in your network w/out your knowing, they can just as easily deploy wipers. And we may soon be coming to an era when not paying a ransom means not just having all your data posted on some victim shaming site, but also getting all systems wiped.
Show threadRobin Stephenson
@briankrebs yes; I long thought that a slow & steady data _swapper_ would be apocalyptically destructive—hard to spot and renders point in time backups useless
Aug 24, 2023 at 1:04pmWeb
Show threadDragon-sided DAug 24, 2023
@aglet @briankrebs
This is the cyber equivalent of slow-spreading biological weapons with a 99.99% lethality rate.
Show threadKrupoAug 27, 2023
@aglet @briankrebs oh thank you for the fresh nightmare fuel.