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Ransomware gang lists Sydney-based Consonic on leak site following alleged theft of 28 gigabytes of ‘essential corporate information’.
The Akira ransomware gang claimed this week to have exfiltrated 28 gigabytes of data from Australian engineering services company Consonic.
The gang’s darknet leak post was dated 9 April and despite it being removed from the leak site shortly after, threat intelligence company VenariX was able to save a screenshot of the post before its removal.
“We are ready to upload more than 26 GB of essential corporate documents such as: contact numbers and email addresses of employees and customers, internal corporate correspondences, financial data (audits, payment details, reports), etc,” Akira said in its leak post.
Akira does not list its ransom demands, but they typically range from as low as US$100,000 to US$10 million, depending on the victim. A quick payment can often lead to a significant discount, however.
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency estimated in early 2024 that Akira had received around US$42 million from its ransom demands.
Since forming in early 2023 and likely having some connections to the defunct Conti ransomware gang, Akira has racked up between 600 and 700 victims, making it one of the top 10 most active ransomware gangs in operation. Its most recent Australian victim was The Fullerton Hotel Sydney, which confirmed it had fallen victim to a ransomware attack on 9 April.
Headquartered in Seven Hills in NSW, Consonic offers a range of engineering and support services, including project management, mechanical design, and 3D tooling design.
“Consonic offers your business local support in terms of qualified and overseas trained service technicians, a fully resourced Engineering team as well as a committed team of experienced product specialists,” Consonic’s web page says.
“Currently, Consonic employs 15 service technicians and tradespeople assigned to installing, maintaining, servicing or upgrading machines and robots.”
The firm services the medical, food, packaging, and plastic processing industries.
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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