Egg Producer’s Data Poached by Ransomware, Will They Shell Out Bitcoin?

Ransomware group Maze claims to have hacked United States egg producer Sparboe in a post on its website.

The website of cybercriminal organization Maze recently published a new entry claiming that the group hacked Sparboe. The post includes sample data that the group claims was stolen from the company.

Maze: A major cybercrime organization

Threat analyst at cybersecurity firm Emsisoft Brett Callow told Cointelegraph that in every hack by Maze so far, the group asked for a ransom in Bitcoin (BTC). There also appears to be no particularly easy and focused way to protect companies from such hacks, as the group uses multiple attack vectors:

“Like other ransomware groups, Maze has been observed to use multiple methods to penetrate corporate networks including malspam, the use of stolen credentials and attacks on misconfigured or unpatched internet-facing systems.”

Maze is known for attacking high-profile companies and ask for particularly high ransoms. Previously, the group threatened to…