Security News > 2022 > March > The Week in Ransomware - March 25th 2022 - Critical infrastructure

This warning come as the FBI discloses that Avoslocker ransomware has been targeting US critical infrastructure, and that ransomware in general has targeted 649 critical infrastructure organizations in 2021.

Law enforcement has not been standing still, with an Estonian ransomware operator sentenced to 66 months in prison and an indictment against four Russian government employees for attacks on critical infrastructure in the past.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation warns of AvosLocker ransomware being used in attacks targeting multiple US critical infrastructure sectors.

March 21st 2022 Lorenz ransomware rebound: corruption and irrecoverable files In early March 2022 we came across a new variant of the Lorenz ransomware.

FBI: Ransomware hit 649 critical infrastructure orgs in 2021.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation says ransomware gangs have breached the networks of at least 649 organizations from multiple US critical infrastructure sectors last year, according to the Internet Crime Complaint Center 2021 Internet Crime Report.

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