"Ransomware Gang Takes Credit for Maple Leaf Foods Hack"

The Black Basta ransomware group has recently taken credit for the recently disclosed attack on Canadian meat giant Maple Leaf Foods. The cybercriminals have made public several screenshots of technical documents, financial information, and other corporate files to demonstrate that they gained access to Maple Leaf Foods systems. Maple Leaf Foods announced in early November that it was experiencing an outage due to a cyberattack. Maple Leaf Foods employs roughly 14,000 people and has a presence in Canada, the US, and Asia. Maple Leaf Foods is not the only major Canadian company targeted by the Black Basta ransomware group. The adversaries recently also targeted the supermarket and pharmacy chain Sobeys. The group has also hacked into the systems of defense giant Elbit. The Black Basta gang has named more than 100 organizations on its leak website. The group’s success is not surprising, considering it’s likely linked to the notorious Russian cybercrime group FIN7.

SecurityWeek reports: "Ransomware Gang Takes Credit for Maple Leaf Foods Hack"