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Cyber ​​attack on Continental - what is happening now
23 December 2022
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Cyber ​​attack on Continental - what is happening now

For a long time there was no statement from Continental on the cyber attack, the theft of 40 TB of data and the ransom demand of first 50 and then 40 million dollars. Continental is now clarifying what happened and how to react. The actual attack on Continental probably took place in August 2022. At that time, Continental announced that everything was fine. It was announced that the attack had been noticed and warded off. But far from it: the hackers were probably still on the Continental network at the time or still had access. In daily operation...

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LockBit lowers Continental data price to $40 million
5 December 2022
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LockBit lowers Continental data price to $40 million

LockBit stole over 40.000 gigabytes of data in its ransomware attack on Continental. Also included: confidential documents from VW, BMW, Mercedes. Now LockBit is lowering the price for the data from $50 million to $40 million. Continental will probably not calm down anytime soon. After the data was stolen by the ransomware group LockBit, more and more information is coming to the public. At first it seems that Continental has negotiated the buyback of the data. But then again not anymore. After some parts of the data were published, as well as a file list, it became clear that among them...

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Continental Hack: Also VW and Mercedes documents at LockBit   
25 November 2022
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Continental Hack: Also VW and Mercedes documents at LockBit

The ransomware attack on Continental also stole over 40.000 gigabytes of data. Because Continental didn't pay any data ransom. The data probably includes confidential documents from VW, BMW and Mercedes. In addition, the FBI is now also involved with Continental. The manufacturer Continental has still not published a statement on the ransomware attack and the theft of over 40.000 gigabytes of data. Unlike LockBit: some of the data is available on their leak page. An overview of all existing data should be found in a packed directory. According to various media,…

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Hacker: LockBit 3.0 offers Continental file list for download
15 November 2022
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According to the chat log of the LockBit leak site, the hacker group claims to have stolen a total of 40 TB of data from Continental. Since the requested 50 million dollars were probably not paid, there is now a file list of more than 400 MB for free download on the Darknet. LockBit probably wants to make the stolen Continental data palatable to buyers. Therefore, the group offers a packed file list on its website that is over 400 MB in size. It probably contains an overview of all files, their names and the names of the project directories. Initially, 50 million...

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LockBit wants to release 40 TB of data from Continental
10 November 2022
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There is still no official confirmation of a LockBit hacking attack on Continental. If the chat log on the LockBit leak page is genuine, then the transfer of 40 TB of data was negotiated. According to the hacker, the pure file list of the data alone should have a volume of 8 GB. A chat log was recently found on the LockBit page. At some point, whoever was chatting with the LockBit hackers simply stopped responding. First, however, there was a conversation in which the hacker talked about the data...

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Is Continental a victim of LockBit?
8 November 2022
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While Continental already spoke in a statement on its website in August 2022 that the attack had been averted, the ransomware group LockBit announced on its leak page that data captured by Continental had been published. According to the chat log, apparently 40 terabytes of data. The APT group LockBit claims that it has successfully hacked and stolen data from the automotive supplier Continental. Now the data is to be published on the leak page, probably to increase the pressure on Continental. However, Continental has not published any information on a current attack. According to the chat log on the LockBit leak page,…

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