Pacific City Bank hit by ransomware

AVOS Locker ransomware operators are claiming to have stolen sensitive data from Pacific City Bank.

Based in Los Angeles, Pacific City Bank is the third-largest bank focusing on the Korean-American community, and has an estimated annual revenue of $67.2 million.

AVOS Locker ransomware operators are claiming to have stolen sensitive data from Pacific City Bank.

AVOS Locker's operatives added Pacific City Bank to their leak site on September 4, including screenshots as proof of the hack as well as an insult towards the bank's security.

The ransomware gang behind AVOS Locker is new, having started looking for affiliates only a few months ago. Even so, Acronis Cyber Protect's advanced anti-ransomware capabilities — which use threat-agnostic behavioral detection — can already identify and stop these attacks.