Security News > 2021 > April > Babuk Ransomware Gang Targets Washington D.C. Police

The Babuk gang of threat actors claims to have stolen more than 250 gigabytes of data from the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department on Monday, including police reports, internal memos, and arrested people's mug shots and personal details.

According to Vice., the attackers published the claim and the data on the official Babuk site.

The outlet reported that Babuk published folders, purportedly filched from the MPD, that are named "Gang Conflict Report," "BLOODS" and "BEEFS - CONFLICTS.".

Babuk ransomware operates on a ransomware-as-a-service model, as in, it gets its affiliates to do the dirty work while its developers take a bite of the profits.

"The Babuk gang highlighted the key problem that all organizations face when confronting threats, and that is speed," he said.

If there is in fact a zero day at the heart of the MPD's susceptibility to attack, it wouldn't be the first time that Babuk got the chance to make fun of its victims for being vulnerable.

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https://threatpost.com/babuk-ransomware-washington-dc-police/165616/