27 May 2026 - 08:01

Category: Ransomware

Nitrogen steals eight terabytes of IP

The Nitrogen ransomware group breached Foxconn, making off with eight terabytes of data containing high-profile client IP. Double extortion is the gift that keeps on giving.

Nitrogen steals eight terabytes of IP

Source: Shieldworkz

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Severity: Critical Mood: Concerning

The Nitrogen ransomware gang decided to audit Foxconn's North American facilities, kindly exfiltrating eight terabytes of proprietary files. This massive headache affected the manufacturing giant and their high-profile clients, whose intellectual property is now headed straight to a dark web auction. Protecting ourselves from these greedy extortionists requires deploying robust network segmentation and severely limiting data egress to untrusted destinations. Of course, that requires a level of budget and effort that most executives find entirely offensive.

#eightterabytes #doubletrouble
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