Posted on 02/25/2022 3:10:21 PM PST by algore
A ransomware group linked to Russia has claimed a cyberattack on McDonald's Corporation, as federal officials warn of potential widespread targeting of US businesses after Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
The hacker gang Snatch on Friday claimed to have stolen 500 gigabytes of data from the fast-food giant headquartered in Chicago, posting their demand for an undisclosed ransom on the dark web.
A McDonald's spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment from DailyMail.com.
The iconic company, which signifies America's economy and culture around the world with more than 38,000 locations in 100 countries, has a market capitalization of $186 billion.
The purported McDonald's breach comes as the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issues a 'shields up' alert to all American businesses and organizations, urging them to take measures to protect themselves from potential Russian cyberattack. The group behind the Snatch ransomware refer to themselves as the 'Snatch Team' and all appear to be Russian-speaking, according to a 2019 report from security firm Sophos.
The report said that the group behind the ransomware appeared to have been active since the summer of 2018, though they have maintained a fairly low profile, executing few headline-making breaches.
The malware used by the hacker gang is highly sophisticated, and operates by rebooting victim computers in Safe Mode, in which most security measures are deactivated.
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I remember talking to some guys in the late 70s about how their systems were insecure.
They were shocked that someone could even consider doing that to their cool computer stuff.
Come on Joe US Hackers can Melt Russia
as long as we are speaking of shields up
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A few of these episodes were good, unlike the majority of the sequels
Does Russia rely so much on the Internet?
I think it’s a stupid thing to have military so reliant on the Cloud.
now introducing the mc melt...
but it’s McDonalds , what they going to do steal the secret sauce
The hamburgler strikes again đ€Ș
Russia as an excuse for the deep-state to crack down on American civil liberties will now go into overdrive
A cyber attack on McDonaldâs?!? NOW PUTIN HAS GONE TOO FAR
Sounds like the CIA.
Mac attack!
These hackers just extended the planets average life span by 5 years by knocking out McDonalds. Nobel Peace prize in medicine nominees? Lol
Let’s say that Russian hackers shut down part of the power grid. Millions of people without electricity. How does this help Russia? All it does is piss people off.
On the other hand, CIA hackers create such damage and then leave the footprints that point at Russia. They can do this. I’ll bet others can too. Now it gets interesting.
Seriously. How do we know that these “Russian hackers” aren’t CIA? Or PLA? We can’t. Welcome to the 21st Century.
Soon the Biden Admin will be running around hands in the air screaming SURRENDER
Just wait until they hack ice-cream cones
Was mcd’s on joe’s 16 critical sites?
Ut O!
My ForecastFox weather extension was down a couple of days ago.
Probably those dastardly Ruskies trying to hide the info that bad weather was headed this way.
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“How do we know that these âRussian hackersâ arenât CIA?”
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Wouldn’t be the first time. When the Cuba Missle Crisis was starting, at JFK’s brainstorming session Bobby offered this suggestion;
“we should also think of, uh, uh, whether there is some other way we can get involved in this through, uh, Guantanamo Bay, or something, er, or whether there’s some ship that, you know, sink the Maine again or something.”
Then, of course, the deep state has things like Operation Northwoods in the hopper.
I miss the simpler times. When they could just make something up completely that never happened, like the Gulf of Tonkin Incident.
Who gives a shit about McDonald’s or Ukraine? I sure as hell don’t.
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