Edward Don falls victim to a ransomware attack

Edward Don is one of the leading food service equipment distributor in the United States, who supplies kitchen related utensils. Earlier this week, Edward don has become a victim to ransomware attack and it has obstructed its normal operations affecting its phone, email and other network systems.

Also, because of this incident the firm has shutdown portion of its distribution network to keep things intact and fix things. It also came just after that Edward Don celebrating its 100 years of service in the industry last month.

It is also believed that the employees were forced to switch to Gmail for their communications with their clients. Edward Don has disclosed the attack as per the norms and its operational hindrance will cause massive after effects on restaurants, hotels, bars and hospital.

Ransomware behind the attack

It is suspected that Qbot mlware could be the one behind the attack on Edward Don, as per Vitali Kremez, CEO of Advanced Intel. Ransomware groups are seem to partner with Qbot, as the latter helps in gaining remote access into corporate networks. The malware helps in lateral movement within the network and later drops the ransomware after successfully distributing itself. Qbot has seen partnering with Egregor ransomware group, and later REvil ransomware operators are found using this malware for their attack.

The Cybersecurity Times is monitoring the news, and will update once further details on the attack are revealed.

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