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Indigo Books Rejects LockBit Ransomware Attack

Indigo Books & Music Inc., one of Canada’s largest booksellers, recently announced that it had successfully thwarted a ransomware attack. The attack, which was perpetrated by the LockBit ransomware group, was detected by the company’s security team on June 17th.The attack was quickly identified and contained, and no customer data was compromised. Indigo Books & Music Inc. was able to stop the attack before any malicious code was executed, and no customer data was accessed or stolen.The LockBit ransomware group is a relatively new threat that has been targeting businesses

Indigo Books Rejects LockBit Ransomware Attack Attempt

Indigo Books, one of Canada’s largest booksellers, recently thwarted a ransomware attack attempt by the LockBit ransomware group. The attack was detected on August 19th, 2020 and was quickly stopped before any data was compromised. Ransomware is a type of malicious software that encrypts a user’s data and then demands a ransom payment in order to unlock the data. LockBit is a relatively new ransomware group that has been targeting organizations around the world since June 2020. Indigo Books was able to detect the attack quickly and take action to