Acer and Apple aren’t the one massive PC manufacturers reeling from ransomware assaults in current occasions. Bleeping Computer and United Daily News report that Taiwan-based Gigabyte suffered a ransomware assault between August third and August 4th. The firm solely confirmed that it shut down IT infrastructure and {that a} handful of servers had been affected, however there are hints the assault may need been worse.

According to Bleeping Computer sources, the extortion gang RansomEXX claimed to have stolen 112GB of delicate inside information in addition to information from a code repository. This contains Intel and AMD chip info in addition to a debug doc. The breach is thought to have affected each the Gigabyte help web page and components of the Taiwanese web page.

Gigabyte stated it contact regulation enforcement, however did not say if it could pay the ransom.

RansomEXX began in 2018 beneath the Defray identify, however rebranded in 2020 and has been focusing on more and more higher-profile organizations, together with the Brazilian authorities, Texas’ Department of Transportation and Ecuador’s state-led telecom. It’s not believed to be related to the REvil group that attacked Acer in addition to Apple provider Quanta.

It’s not stunning that PC firms would face these assaults. They not solely have the cash to pay ransoms, however a raft of technological secrets and techniques they’re keen to guard. However, the string of assaults remains to be regarding. Apart from the short-term monetary hit, there’s additionally a priority these assaults may leak commerce secrets and techniques that do long-term injury.