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Ransomware attack blamed for closure of all 7-Eleven stores in Denmark


Ransomware is to blame for the closure of all 175 7-Eleven stores in Denmark on Monday.

The retailer closed all of its stores in Denmark after its cash registers and payment systems were brought down in the attack.

Initially, 7-Eleven’s Danish division did not say that ransomware was responsible for its problems, simply describing the incident as a “hacker attack”:

“We suspect that we have been the victim of a hacker attack today. We can’t use the cash registers nor accept payments. We are therefore closed until we know the extent of the attack.”

Jesper Østergaard, the CEO of 7-Eleven Denmark told a local TV station that the first indication that the company had been targeted by hackers came when staff reported that they were unable to process payments:

“The cash registers just stopped working in all the stores and the employees started letting us know. That has never happened before.”

As Bleeping Computer reports, the company has since confirmed that it was targeted by a ransomware attack, and that it is working with police investigators. Many of 7-Eleven’s stores in Denmark have since reopened.

7-Eleven Denmark is not sharing much in the way of technical detail regarding the attack, which means that not only do we not know what family of ransomware might have caused the disruption but we also do not know how it might have entered the organisation in the first place.

For instance, is it possible that all of the country’s 7-Eleven stores were seemingly impacted simultaneously because they were all reliant on the same technology – perhaps provided by a supplier who might themselves have been compromised?

In addition, there is no public word – as yet – about whether the attackers have made any ransom demands, and what 7-Eleven’s position is (Read more…)

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Pirate Bay co-founder sentenced to 3.5 years imprisonment in Denmark

Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg was sentenced Friday by the Court of Frederiksberg in Denmark to three and a half years in jail for hacking and serious vandalism.

Svartholm Warg immediately appealed the judgment and is still in custody, said Judge Kari Sørensen, who presided over the case, adding that he will stay in Denmark during the appeal but will be deported upon his release from jail.

A 21-year-old Danish accomplice who was sentenced to serve six months in prison was released Thursday. Sørensen ordered news outlets not to publish the man’s name to protect his privacy. Since he was in custody for 17 months, he might be eligible for compensation for the additional months he was jailed.

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