The Record · Published 5 Oct
Ukraine grocery chain ATB confirms cyberattack as hackers threaten to leak data
By Daryna Antoniuk
Excerpt
Ukraine’s largest grocery store chain, ATB, confirmed Monday that it was hit by a cyberattack after hackers posted an extortion demand on its website.
The hacker group DataSuckers claimed responsibility for the attack and demanded $400,000, threatening to publish data it claimed to have stolen from millions of ATB customers. A countdown timer for the ransom demand appeared on the retailer’s website but was later removed. The website was unavailable at the time of writing. ATB denied that customer data had been compromised. The company temporarily took some online serv…
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