Clop Ransomware gang claims to have stolen 2 million credit cards from E-Land

E-Land Retail suffered a ransomware attack, Clop ransomware operators claim to have stolen 2 million credit cards from the company.

E-Land Retail is a South Korean conglomerate headquartered in Changjeon-dong Mapo-gu Seoul, South Korea. E-Land Group takes part in retail malls, restaurants, theme parks, hotels and construction businesses as well as its cornerstone, fashion apparel business. It has operations worldwide through its subsidiary E-Land World.

Clop ransomware is claiming to have stolen 2 million credit cards from E-Land Retail during the last 12 months.

Last month, the company was forced to shut down 23 NC Department Store and New Core locations after a CLOP ransomware infection.

The company said that customer was encrypted on a server that was not impacted, it also added to have notified relevant authorities.

“We are striving to quickly recover damage and normalize business. Most branches across the country have the first emergency measures Basic sales activities are possible.” reads the security breach notice.

“Although this ransomware attack caused some damage to the company’s network and systems, customer information and sensitive data are encrypted on a separate server. It is in a safe state because it is managed.”

Unfortunately, the situation could be quite different, as CLOP ransomware operators told Bleeping Computer. The ransomware gang claimed to have initially compromised E-Land a year ago and to have stolen credit card data using PoS malware.

The hackers claim to have siphoned and deciphered, for 12 months, the credit card data (Track 2 data) without being discovered by the company.

CLOP told BleepingComputer that they stole data for 2 million credit cards.

Source Bleeping Computer

CLOP ransomware operators claim to have stolen credit card Track 2 data, which includes a credit card number, the expiration date, and other information. Credit cards CVV code is not included in Track 2 data. Track 1 data can only be used to clone credit cards and use them for in-store purchases.

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Pierluigi Paganini

(SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware)

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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”.