Supply chain
⛓ Supply Chain
Supply chain for Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Porsche, Saab, Volkswagen and Volvo across North America Third-Party Breach (January 2021)
Primary Source ↗Incident Details
After refusing to pay ransom, US-based auto parts distributor has sensitive data leaked by cybercriminals. NameSouth is the latest victim of NetWalker, a ransomware gang that appeared on the cybercrime scene sometime in 2019. A 3GB archive that purportedly belongs to NameSouth, a US-based auto parts shop, has been publicly leaked by the NetWalker ransomware group. NameSouth seems to be the latest victim of the ransomware gang that surfaced sometime in 2019. NetWalker’s targets range across multiple industries, with archives of stolen data from about a hundred victimized businesses publicly posted on the gang’s darknet website to date. Third-party company: NameSouth.
Technical Details
- Initial Attack Vector
- Compromise of third-party service provider / vendor relationship
- Vendor / Product
- NameSouth
- Supply Chain Attack
- ✅ Confirmed third-party / vendor compromise
Timeline
- 2021-01-01 Breach occurred
- 2021-01-05 Publicly disclosed