Hack history / 2021 / Hack or exploit
Acer
Hack or exploit on Mar 20, 2021 · Ransomware
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
undisclosed
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
not ranked
collapses, frauds and later news are not ranked
What happened
Renowned computer maker Acer has been hit by a ransomware gang, REvil, demanding up to $50 million in XMR to decrypt the company's computers and not leak data on the dark web. The ransomware gang announced on their data breach website that they had compromised Acer and shared as evidence some images of allegedly stolen files for files containing financial spreadsheets, bank balances and bank communications .
Details
- Date
- Mar 20, 2021
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Ransomware
- How in
- Smart contract bug
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Acer hack, Mar 20, 2021: undisclosed lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht371002ed60/ (data as of 2026-10-31).