Ransomware gang says it has hacked 49ers football team

San Francisco 49ers' Jimmie Ward, left, is called for a penalty as he hits Los Angeles Rams' Odell Beckham Jr during the second half of the NFC Championship NFL football game in January. Cyber criminals claimed they stole some of the team's financial data in a ransomware attack. — AP

RICHMOND: The San Francisco 49ers have been hit by a ransomware attack, with cyber criminals claiming they stole some of the football team's financial data.

The ransomware gang BlackByte recently posted some of the purportedly stolen team documents on a dark web site in a file marked "2020 Invoices." The gang did not make any of its ransom demands public or specify how much data it had stolen or encrypted.