They've since added iMac schematics to the pile. As proof, they released a cache of documents about upcoming, unreleased MacBook Pros. The notorious ransomware gang REvil said they had stolen data and schematics from Apple supplier Quanta Computer about unreleased products and that they would sell the data to the highest bidder if they didn’t get a $50 million payment. While REvil has acquired Apple's blueprints and confidential data, it is still unclear as to whether or not it also obtained documents for Quanta's other clients which include HP, Facebook and Google among others.On the day Apple was set to announce a slew of new products at its Spring Loaded event, a leak appeared from an unexpected quarter. At the time, the group also asked for $50m in cryptocurrency (opens in new tab) to decrypt Acer's files with the threat that it would increase the ransom to $100m if the company refused to agree to its terms. This is because cybercriminals have begun to move away from demanding their ransoms in Bitcoin (opens in new tab) in favor of Monero as it is much harder to track.Įarlier this year REvil deployed ransomware on another Taiwanese hardware maker's networks when it hacked Acer (opens in new tab).

The ransomware group has demanded that Quanta pay it 123,028 Monero (opens in new tab) ($50m) to delete the files it has stolen and decrypt the company's locked systems.

So far REvil has published some of the blueprints it has acquired including one for an unreleased MacBook dated March 2021 and as the company's last business laptop (opens in new tab) was released in November of last year, the design could be for an upcoming device.

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