Toll Group has unveiled it is suffering its 2nd ransomware attack this calendar year, attributing the present an infection to a style of malware recognized as Nefilim.

The admission comes considerably less than a day immediately after iTnews noted exclusively that the logistics giant experienced shut down its IT programs immediately after detecting “unusual activity” on an undisclosed range of servers.

“As a consequence of investigations undertaken so much, we can verify that this activity is the consequence of a ransomware attack,” Toll Group said in an advisory on Tuesday.

“Working with IT security industry experts, we have recognized the variant to be a relatively new kind of ransomware recognized as Nefilim. 

“This is unrelated to the ransomware incident we expert earlier this calendar year.”

Nefilim’s existence was noted by Bleeping Laptop or computer again in March. 

“Nefilim became energetic at the stop of February 2020 and while it is not recognized for confident how the ransomware is being dispersed, it is most very likely by way of exposed Distant Desktop Providers,” the report mentioned.

The ransomware threatens to publish data if a ransom is not paid immediately after a week.

As with the very first ransomware attack on Toll Group earlier this calendar year, Toll has publicly declared it will not pay.

“Toll has no intention of engaging with any ransom needs, and there is no evidence at this phase to advise that any data has been extracted from our community,” it said.

“We are in normal get hold of with the Australian Cyber Protection Centre (ACSC) on the development of the incident.”

Toll Group said it predicted to have handbook procedures in position for at least the remainder of the week.

“We have been in get hold of from the outset with various clients impacted by the concern and we go on to function with them to minimise any disruption,” it said.

Toll Group experienced only just recovered from a devastating ransomware attack in late January that took out a massive portion of its IT infrastructure.

In that scenario, yet another relatively new style of malware called Mailto was applied by attackers.

Some of Toll Group’s major retailer clients, who ship by means of its products and services, declined to remark on the impact of the latest an infection when contacted by iTnews.