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The Australian hospitality and catering firm has fallen victim to an alleged ransomware attack.
The BlackSuit ransomware gang claims to have successfully stolen a large amount of data from Australian hospitality and catering firm Reward Hospitality.
The gang made the claim in a 20 July post on its dark web leak site, saying that it had a total of about 385 gigabytes of material.
No sample data or documents were provided to prove the hack, but the cyber criminals listed what they alleged to have in some detail.
“Finance (budget, balance, analysis, annual reports, audit, banking, treasury, management reports, financial accountant, month reporting, taxation),” BlackSuit said.
“HR (employees id, tfn, address, dob, cost centre, payroll, benefits, safety & compliance, contracts & agreements, legal & compliance, scan ID).
“Customers (contacts, personal data, contracts, nda, shipping forms, correspondence and other).
“Working documentation (accident reports, purchasing, marketing, legal, projects, dispatch, sales, customer service, commercial division, logistics, orders).
“SQL, EMAIL.”
The gang has not said how long Reward Hospitality has to pay or how much its ransom demand is.
According to Reward Hospitality’s website, the company operates from 27 locations in Australia and New Zealand, as well as across the Pacific, and supplies a wide range of products and services to the catering and hospitality industries. Its clients include the Hyatt Regency Brisbane, The Marriott Hotel, and The Wests Group, which manages several clubs in the Newcastle region.
Reward Hospitality is owned by the ECF Group, which is headquartered in France.
The company has so far declined to comment on the incident.
BlackSuit is a relatively active ransomware gang, having claimed eight victims in July alone. Its last Australian victim was property firm Herron Todd White in April 2024.
David Hollingworth has been writing about technology for over 20 years, and has worked for a range of print and online titles in his career. He is enjoying getting to grips with cyber security, especially when it lets him talk about Lego.
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