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Jack Daniel's Third-Party Breach (August 2020)

📅 2020-08-01 🏢 Brown-Forman
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Incident Details

Jack Daniel’s-Maker Suffers REvil Ransomware Breach. Attackers claim to have 1TB of stolen data in their possession. US wine and spirits giant Brown-Forman has become the latest big-name brand to suffer a serious ransomware-related data breach, cyber-criminals have claimed. The Jack Daniel’s-maker has released few details about the incident but claimed it successfully prevented attackers from encrypting its files. Third-party company: Brown-Forman.

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
Compromise of third-party service provider / vendor relationship
Vendor / Product
Brown-Forman
Supply Chain Attack
✅ Confirmed third-party / vendor compromise

Timeline

  1. 2020-08-01 Breach occurred
  2. 2020-08-17 Publicly disclosed