Acer Hit By A $50 Million Ransomware Demand: Should You Worry?

In cases like this where an organisation gets hit by a ransomware attack, there is not much we can do. It is Acer that needs to investigate this attack and plan incident management steps to create a safe environment for themselves as well as their clients, if they are at risk.

“All we can do is maintain the best cyber security practices and wait for Acer to provide us with more details on the breach as soon as possible, so that we know to what extent our data has been compromised if at all, so that we can plan further steps to protect ourselves,” he asserted.

In a statement Acer said that it is constantly under attack, and have reported recent abnormal situations.

“Acer routinely monitors its IT systems, and most cyberattacks are well defended. Companies like us are constantly under attack, and we have reported recent abnormal situations observed, to the relevant law enforcement and data protection authorities in multiple countries,” the statement read.

The spokesperson further said that it wont be possible to comment on any further details as “there is an ongoing investigation and for the sake of security”.

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