The cyberattack against famed New York law firm Grubman, Shire, Meiselas and Sacks (GSMS) grows ever darker after the perpetrators ramp up their demands. The gang behind the Sodinokibi attack has now doubled the ransom demand to €42 million. In addition, they claim to have compromising information about President Trump and said they threatened to reveal it if the money was not paid. In a statement seen by the entertainment news site Page Six, a gang calling itself Gold Southfield said it had agreed to "a ton of dirty laundry" on Trump and has now called on the President to pressure the law firm to release it. pay the ransom However, it is unclear how the hackers successfully linked the law firm to Trump, who they say never hired GSMS, whose current list of clients includes celebrities such as Rod Stewart, Madonna and Priyanka Chopra.
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The criminals originally asked for €21 million and issued legal contracts for a recent Madonna tour as proof that they were real and had data relating to GSMS customers. The doubling of the ransom demand dwarfs the €2.3 million Travelex would have previously paid in a similar attack earlier this year. Hackers claimed to have broken into another prominent US firm and posted stolen documents titled "Lady Gaga" on the dark web. Cyber threat experts believe that the ransomware gang has started to publish more data in order for their claims to be accepted. GSMS confirmed that the group had doubled the ransom demand and said it was working around the clock to deal with the crisis. They said they had already been informed by cyber experts and the FBI that dealing with these criminals violated federal criminal law. Via: PageSix