La Concha

Profile narrative

La Concha is a Mexican food company headquartered in Mexico. The organisation operates under the alias La Concha. As a food company, it is engaged in the production and distribution of food products within Mexico. Its headquarters location places it within the Mexican food industry sector. The company’s primary market is the domestic Mexican market, though no further geographic scope is specified in the source. The organisation’s core business activity is food‑related, as indicated by the description in the incident report.

On 26 May 2021, La Concha suffered a ransomware attack carried out by the Grief group. The attackers exfiltrated approximately one gigabyte of sensitive data from the company’s systems. Grief subsequently listed La Concha on its Tor leak site alongside victims from education, government, and manufacturing sectors. The ransomware group employed a strict “Pay or Grief” extortion model, refusing negotiations, discounts, or delays. Grief criticised victims for inadequate data protection and spending on incident response consultants while asserting it would avoid core healthcare systems but could target peripheral medical sectors. The incident highlights that La Concha held data assets considered valuable enough for extortion by the ransomware group.

Incidents

1 incident linked to this organisation.