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	"title": "LockBit victim estimates cost of ransomware attack to be $42 million",
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	"plain_text": "LockBit victim estimates cost of ransomware attack to be $42 million\r\nBy Bill Toulas\r\nPublished: 2022-03-31 · Archived: 2026-04-05 20:41:09 UTC\r\nAtento, a provider of customer relationship management (CRM) services, has published its 2021 financial performance\r\nresults, which show a massive impact of $42.1 million due to a ransomware attack the firm suffered in October last year.\r\nMore specifically, the disruption caused by the cyberattack affected the company's Brazil-based operations, resulting in a\r\nrevenue loss of $34.8 million and an additional $7.3 million in costs related to mitigating the impact of the incident.\r\nThese costs include fees related to bolstering security, protecting data, timely threat detection, and implementing effective\r\nremediation measures.\r\nhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lockbit-victim-estimates-cost-of-ransomware-attack-to-be-42-million/\r\nPage 1 of 4\n\n0:00\r\nhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lockbit-victim-estimates-cost-of-ransomware-attack-to-be-42-million/\r\nPage 2 of 4\n\nVisit Advertiser websiteGO TO PAGE\r\nAtento is one of the world's leading providers of CRM and business process outsourcing services with a particularly strong\r\npresence on the Latin American market.\r\nThe firm maintains operations in thirteen countries, employs 154,000 people, and has over 400 multinational corporation\r\nclients engaging in telecommunications, banking, retail, and public administration.\r\n\"Like so many companies in the current era, including some of the world's technology leaders, we were struck by a\r\ncyberattack, which impacted our fourth-quarter results,\" writes Atento's CEO in the message to investors\r\n\"This impact proved to be far greater than we initially expected due to the complexities of these events and how the\r\naftershocks manifest themselves.\"\r\nLockBit attack\r\nAtento announced the cyberattack on October 22, 2021, stating that it had to suspend the operation of its Brazil-based\r\nsystems to contain the threat.\r\nThe customers only got back limited services after 24 hours, as the firm progressively resumed data center operations and\r\ngradually recovered parts of the impacted network.\r\nBleeping Computer found the associated listing on the LockBit site, dating to November 01, 2021, announcing the\r\npublication of the stolen files.\r\nLockBit publishing the stolen files\r\nThis clearly indicates that Atento refused to pay the ransom, so the negotiations with the ransomware gang, if any, reached a\r\ndead end, leading to the threat actor subsequently leaking the stolen data.\r\nLockBit's ransom demand remains unknown but the ransomware gang is no stranger from asking millions from its victims\r\nin exchange for the decryption tool.\r\nThe best way to tackle the ransomware menace is to upgrade your security stance through regular vulnerability scanning,\r\ninvest in multi-faceted detection solutions, and maintain a comprehensive and systematic data backup scheme.\r\nhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lockbit-victim-estimates-cost-of-ransomware-attack-to-be-42-million/\r\nPage 3 of 4\n\nAutomated Pentesting Covers Only 1 of 6 Surfaces.\r\nAutomated pentesting proves the path exists. BAS proves whether your controls stop it. Most teams run one without the\r\nother.\r\nThis whitepaper maps six validation surfaces, shows where coverage ends, and provides practitioners with three diagnostic\r\nquestions for any tool evaluation.\r\nSource: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lockbit-victim-estimates-cost-of-ransomware-attack-to-be-42-million/\r\nhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lockbit-victim-estimates-cost-of-ransomware-attack-to-be-42-million/\r\nPage 4 of 4",
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