Security News > 2020 > January > Ryuk's Latest Victim: Tampa Bay Times

The Tampa Bay Times is the latest U.S. news organization hit with the Ryuk ransomware strain, the Florida newspaper acknowledges.

The newspaper's parent organization, The Times Publishing Co., refused to pay the ransom the attackers demanded and is in the process of restoring systems through backups files and removing the malware from its infrastructure, the publication reports.

Since it's discovery and growing prominence, attackers using Ryuk have targeted several news organizations throughout the U.S. In December 2018, for example, the ransomware hampered the production of several newspapers owned by Chicago-based Tribune Publishing.

Ryuk often is used in conjunction with Emotet and TrickBot as part of multistage attacks targeting larger organizations and enterprises.

"Some variants such as Ryuk and Sodinokibi have moved into the large enterprise space and are focusing their attacks on large companies where they can attempt to extort the organization for a seven-figure payout," according to the report.

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