FBI warns now because ransomware gangs have started using a new tactic that involves trying to lower the price of a company’s share unless a ransom is paid, reports Threatpost.
The gangs’ plan for this should be to leak stolen financial information before sensitive times, such as a quarterly report, an IPO or business transfers.
The tactic seems to have emerged in 2020 when ransomware player Unkown, which is believed to be the group’s former leader of Revil, presented a plan for it all. Something that more and more cybercriminals now seem to have embraced.
Among other things, at least three companies in the US that were involved in business transfers in 2020 will be attacked with ransomware at the same time. The attackers are also said to have used a Pyxie Trojan that performed searches for several finance-related keywords according to the FBI.
Listed companies are now urged to adhere to security. Not least in the face of sensitive financial events.
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