Year2020 |
MonthOctober |
Reference number20201001 |
Impact areaShore |
Incident locationOakland CA |
Incident countryUSA |
Victim countryUSA |
Victim identityMatson Shipping Company |
Victim TypeShipping Company |
MethodRansomware |
Attacker countryRussia |
Shipping Company Matson was hit by a ransomware attack in Oakland, CA in October 2020 by REvil hacker group (Sodinokibi/Sodin), resulting in encryption of all the company's servers and files. Thereafter, hackers gave the company 72-hours to pay or the price would be doubled.