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• The multinational tech consulting firm, Accenture, has become the latest victim of the LockBit ransomware gang. With more than half a million employees, and an annual revenue of over US$44 billion, Accenture is a Fortune Global 500 company, providing services to major clients including Cisco, Alibaba, and Google.
• The attackers left an ultimatum of paying by 5:30 PM on Wednesday, but without specifying the time zone. In an unusual move for recent ransomware attacks, only the name and logo of the victim was published on the gang’s dark web site, without immediately including any files as proof of the attack.
• LockBit appears to have gotten away with as much as 6TB of data in the attack, and are demanding a ransom of US$50 million. Accenture restored data from backups, and has stated that there was no significant impact to normal operations.
• The Active Protection included in Acronis Cyber Protect detects and blocks the behavior of ransomware like LockBit, keeping your data safe, and your systems operational.