WineLab, the retail store of the largest alcohol company in Russia, has closed its stores following a cyberattack that is impacting its operations and causing purchase problems to its customers.
Its parent company, Novabev Group, informed earlier this week that hackers had breached its IT systems.
“On July 14, the group was subjected to an unprecedented cyberattack—a large-scale and coordinated operation carried out by hackers,” the company said.
“As a result of the incident, parts of the IT infrastructure were temporarily disrupted, affecting the availability of certain services and tools used by the group and the WineLab chain.”
Novabev also states that the attackers requested a ransom payment but the company declined to engage and says it won’t comply with the demands.
A ransom demand typically indicates that the threat actor stole data from the company network or encrypted systems, but there are Novabev Group did not provide additional details.
As the company’s IT team works around the clock to resolve the problems created by the cyberattack, the website remains offline as of publishing, and purchases via the mobile app are likely to be impacted too.
WineLab website
Source: BleepingComputer
Novabev produces and distributes various alcohol brands for rum, vodka, bitter, brandy, gin, tequila, and vermouth, the most famous of them being Beluga.
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