Beer Firm Asahi Not Entertaining Threat Actors After Cyberattack

Japanese beer giant Asahi said that it didn’t receive any particular ransom demand from threat actors responsible for an advanced and sophisticated cyberattack that could have exposed the data of more than two million people. 

CEO Atsushi Katsuki in a press conference said that the company had not been in touch with the threat actors. But Asahi has delayed the release of financial results. Even if the company received a ransom demand, it would not have paid, Katsuki said. Asahi Super Dry is one of Japan’s most popular beers. Asahi suffered a cyberattack on 29th September. However, the company clarified on October 3 that it was hit by a ransomware attack.

In such incidents, threat actors typically use malicious software to encrypt the target’s systems and then ask ransom for providing encryption keys to run the systems again.

Asahi said threat actors could have hacked or stolen identity data like phone numbers and names of around two million people- employees, customers and families.

The firm didn’t disclose details of the attacker at the conference. Later, it told AFP via mail that experts hinted towards a high chance of attack by hacking group Qilin. The gang issued a statement t

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