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Linical: its European subsidiary was hit by a cyberattack, and someone calling themselves Ragnar Locker sent a ransom threat

The European subsidiary was attacked and its networks to Japan and elsewhere were cut. A ransom threat arrived on the night of October 25. No data leak was confirmed.

Disclosed

2021-10-27

Organizations involved

1

Leaked or at risk

Unknown

Downtime

Unknown

What happened

  1. The European subsidiary detected a cyberattack by an outside party. It cut its networks within Europe and to Japan, Asia and the US, and a team including a local IT security firm worked on recovery and investigation. [1] [2]

  2. On the night, a threat message arrived from someone calling themselves Ragnar Locker, demanding a ransom for data they claimed to have stolen. The company said it will neither contact them nor comply. [2]

  3. It announced the case. No data leak or destruction was confirmed. [1] [2]

  4. It announced the possible leak from the servers in Japan and Taiwan, and said it did not plan to pay the ransom. [3]

Timeline

  1. Started, Detected 2021-10-21
  2. Disclosed 2021-10-27
  3. 6 days

Attack or cause

Method
[Unknown]
Impact
[Extortion]
Entry point
Unknown

Data exposed or at risk

–

Organizations involved

Open in organization search

Sources

  1. [1][News]治験支援行うリニカルの欧州子会社へサイバー攻撃、「Ragnar Locker」を名乗る脅迫もScanNetSecurity · 2021-10-29 08:05
  2. [2][News]医薬品開発支援のリニカル、今度は欧州子会社にサイバー攻撃 - 身代金要求の脅迫もSecurity NEXT · 2021-10-28
  3. [3][Official]不正アクセスによる個人情報等流出の可能性に関するお知らせとお詫びLinical Co., Ltd. · 2021-12-06