Information stolen from the servers of Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) is being held at ransom by computer hackers.
The Architect’s Journal reports that the 348-person, London-based practice has been ensnared by a ransomware attack that has resulted in the loss of some unknown quantity of confidential information.
According to the report, ZHA alerted police on Tuesday, April 21st that the attack had taken place after office employees discovered messages from the hackers announcing that information stored on its internal server had been encrypted and would only be returned if the hackers were paid a ransom. According to AJ, instead of communicating with the hackers, ZHA is working with a cyber forensics team to investigate the situation.
The architecture firm maintains that the information had been previously backed up and that its work was not under threat, though it is unclear exactly what information was taken. A ZHA spokesperson tells AJ, “We immediately worked to secure our network and reported the incident to the authorities. With minimal disruption to the work of our teams, we continue to investigate any criminal theft of data with cyber specialists.”
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Patrik had to open that Stadium RFP from a Nigerian Prince.
lol
Interestingly, once hackers discovered what they'd hijacked, they gave it back. "Sorry," the data kidnappers wrote in a first-ever apology email. "Nobody's ever gonna pay for this."
They thought they were stealing architectural drawings.
No one ever got anything of any value from an architecture firm.
They instead could've gone after money, Patrik alone earned over €5 million 2 yrs ago:
https://www.architectsjournal....
Wouldn't be surprised if they were using ZHA as a backend into their client servers
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