Accenture Confirms LockBit Ransomware Attack

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The LockBit ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) gang has published the name and logo of what’s purportedly one of its latest victims: Accenture, the global business consulting firm with an insider track on some of the world’s biggest, most powerful companies.
 
Accenture’s clients include 91 of the Fortune Global 100 and more than three-quarters of the Fortune Global 500. According to its 2020 annual report; that includes e-commerce giant Alibaba, Cisco and Google. Valued at $44.3 billion, Accenture is one of the world’s largest tech consultancy firms, and employs around 569,000 people across 50 countries.
 
In a post on its Dark Web site, LockBit offered up Accenture databases for sale, along with a requisite jab at what the gang deemed to be Accenture’s pathetic security.

“These people are beyond privacy and security. I really hope that their services are better than what I saw as an insider. If you are interested in buying some databases, reach us.”
—LockBit site post.

According to Security Affairs, at the end of a ransom payment clock’s countdown, a leak site showed a folder named W1 that contained a collection of PDF documents allegedly stolen from the company. LockBit operators claimed to have gained access to Accenture’s network and were preparing to leak files stolen from Accenture’s servers at 17:30:00 GMT.

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