"This may have led to the compromise of some of our clients' personal data".Īccording to Knudsen, ransomware is effective and devastating because it allows hackers to sell information back to the people who value it most - the victims. In a series of messages posted to Twitter, the luxury hotel chain said the company was made aware of a "potential data breach within our food and beverage reservation system." Meanwhile, the Ritz Hotel in London has launched an investigation into a data breach. Situated in the Lynchburg town, 110 kms southeast of the music city of Nashville, the JD Distillery was established in the 1830s and registered by its owner Jack in 1866, making it the oldest registered distillery in the US.Įvery year, about 3 lakh people tour the JD distillery. Jack Daniels or JD is the best-selling premium distilled spirit brand worldwide including in India. "Times like these illustrate how valuable that proactivity can truly be," Knudsen said in a statement on Wednesday.
The REvil ransomware group hit the US wine and spirits giant Brown-Forman, maker of Jack Daniel's.Īlthough Brown-Forman claims to have prevented attackers from encrypting their files, hackers said they have access to "1TB corporate data which they have threatened to leak on the Dark Web", reports .Īccording to Jonathan Knudsen, Senior Security Consultant at Synopsys Software Integrity Group, as Brown-Forman reported that they've successfully prevented attackers from encrypting files, while few details have been released yet, "it would appear that they have been working to implement a proactive security strategy". The maker behind Jack Daniels bourbon whiskey and the Ritz London have become the latest victims of cyberattacks.