Pemex DoppelPaymer ransomware (Mexico, 2019)
DoppelPaymer ransomware paralysed corporate IT systems at Mexican state oil company Pemex, freezing payments and communications for weeks. Attackers demanded 565 BTC (~$5M). Pemex refused to pay; total recovery cost reached approximately $71 million.
- Victim
- Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex)
- Loss
- $71.0M