LockBit 2.0 ransomware operators have reportedly hit the Israeli aerospace and defense firm E.M.I.T. in a new campaign of attacks. According to Aviation Consulting Ltd, hackers claim to have accessed the internal system and also have stolen credential data from the company.
Post attack, the group is threatening to publish the stolen data which includes sensitive information, invoices, employees, and possibly payment data, onto their dark web leak site in case the company is not ready to pay the ransom. Although the group of attackers is yet to leak the stolen data as proof of the attack, the countdown will end on 07 October 2021.
Currently, it has not been disclosed how the attackers' group acquired access to the system of the company and when the incident took place. Similar to other ransomware attacks, LockBit 2.0 has also executed a ransomware-as-a-service model and maintains a network of affiliates.
According to the technical data, the ransomware operation group LockBit ransomware has been in action since September 2019, in June the group announced the LockBit 2.0 RaaS. After ransomware ads were banned on the hacking forums, the group of LockBit operators came with their own leak site and also promoting the latest model and advertising the LockBit 2.0 affiliate program.
At present, the LockBit gang is highly active targeting numerous organizations including Riviana, Anasia Group, Wormington & Bollinger, Vlastuin Group, DATA SPEED SRL, SCIS Air Security, Peabody Properties, Island independent buying group, Buffington Law Firm Day Lewis, and many others worldwide.
A few months, the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) had warned its Australian organizations against LockBit 2.0 ransomware attacks.
E.M.I.T. Aviation Consulting Ltd was established in 1986, the company is involved in designing and assembling complete aircraft, tactical and sub tactical UAV systems, and mobile integrated reconnaissance systems.
