Russian Hackers Seemingly Behind Latest Ransomware Attack, Demand $70M
A Russian-linked group that is counted among the cybercriminal world’s most prolific extortionists is suspected to be behind a “colossal” ransomware attack that affected hundreds of companies worldwide — just weeks after President Biden boasted about taking President Putin to task on cyberattacks.
In a post on a blog typically used by the Russian-linked REvil cybercrime gang, a group of ransomware hackers appears to have taken responsibility for the cyberattack that hit over 200 US companies Friday, demanding $70 million in bitcoin for the data to be returned.
“On Friday we launched an attack on [managed service providers]. More than a million systems were infected,” the posting on the Dark Web site Happy Blog explained.
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