Hackers attacking the electronics retail giant MediaMarkt are demanding a ransom of $ 50 million to be paid in Bitcoin (BTC).
MediaMarkt, which has 1,000 stores in 13 countries, including Turkey, was attacked by ransomware earlier this week.
The Germany-based company, which was attacked by Hive, experienced technical glitches in many of its stores across Europe, especially in the Netherlands.
It was reported that while online sales in these stores continued, customers could not pay by credit card and could not receive receipts.
According to the news of BleepingComputer, MediaMarkt uses More than 3,000 servers initially for the attack that may have affected $240 million ransom demanded.
According to the information shared by RTL Nieuws in the Netherlands, the attackers changed this request, $50 million in bitcoin They asked for payment.
Although it is stated that the negotiations between MediaMarkt and the attackers continue, to De Standaard Speaking to the media, a MediaMarkt spokesperson stated that it was just “rumor”.