REvil ransomware gang hacked gaming firm Gaming Partners International

Source Databreaches.net

The REvil ransomware operators made the headlines again, this time the gang claims to have hacked the Gaming Partners International (GPI).

Gaming Partners International (GPI) is a full-service supplier of gaming furniture and equipment for casinos worldwide. The REvil ransomware gang (aka Sodinokibi) claims to have stolen info from the systems at the company before encrypting them.

Recently, one of the members of the gang that goes online with the moniker UNKN, announced in an interview with Yelisey Boguslavskiy that they were planning an attack against a prominent organization in the gaming network.

The attack happened and today the REvil ransomware operators added Gaming Partners International to their dedicated leak site.

The cybercrime gang published some screenshots showing directories and files from the systems of the breached company.

Source Databreaches.net

The message published by the ransomware gang threatens to release the stolen data if the company will not pay the ransom within 72 hours.

The hackers claim to have stolen 540Gb of technical and financial documents stolen form the company.

“Absolutely all servers and working computers of the company are hacked and encrypted. There was a large data leak 540Gb of the most important information of the company, technical data, financial documents, contracts with ALL CASINO in LAS-VEGAS, MACAO, EUROPE, bank documents.” reads the message published by the ransomware operators.

The list of victims of the REvil ransomware gang is long and includes the London-based Travelex, the law firm of the stars, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks (GSMLaw), the law firm Seyfarth Shaw, and US-based supplier of video delivery software solutions, SeaChange International.

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Pierluigi Paganini

(SecurityAffairs – hacking, Gaming Partners International (GPI))

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Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer. Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US. Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.