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Aerospace giant Boeing said on Friday it was investigating a claim by cybercrime gang Lockbit that it had stolen “an enormous amount” of the company’s sensitive data, which would be published online if Boeing does not pay a ransom by November 2.
The hacking group posted a countdown clock on its website with the message: “Sensitive data has been exfiltrated and may be released if Boeing does not contact within the deadline!”
“At the moment we will not be sending out lists or samples to protect the company, BUT we will not leave it that way until the deadline,” the group added.
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Boeing says it is investigating a suspected hack by ransomware group Lockbit to compromise sensitive corporate data and will release it on November 2 if the ransom is not paid. (Portal/Randall Hill/File Photo / Portal)
A Boeing spokesperson told FOX Business: “We are reviewing this claim.”
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Lockbit’s claim did not specify how much data the company stole from Boeing, nor did it specify the ransom the company is demanding to be paid.
According to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Lockbit was the world’s most active ransomware group last year, based on the number of victims listed on its data leak blog.
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Lockbit’s claim did not specify what data the company had exfiltrated from Boeing or how high the ransom demands were. The group threatened to release the company’s data on November 2nd. (Portal/Alwyn Scott / Portal Photos)
CISA reported in June that the Lockbit ransomware gang, which first appeared in Russian-language cybercrime forums in January 2020, has since carried out 1,700 cyberattacks on U.S. organizations.
The Lockbit ransomware has been used to launch cyberattacks against a wide range of organizations in critical infrastructure sectors, including financial services, food and agriculture, education, energy, government and emergency services, healthcare, manufacturing and transportation.
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According to CISA, the Lockbit ransomware group was the most active in the world last year when it came to attacks on US companies. (Photo by Annette Riedl/picture Alliance via Getty Images / Getty Images)
The Lockbit group has received approximately $91 million in ransoms from US companies since its ransomware was first discovered in January 2020.
Portal contributed to this report.