Security News > 2023 > September > FBI Warns of Rising Trend of Dual Ransomware Attacks Targeting U.S. Companies
2023-09-30 09:49
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning of a new trend of dual ransomware attacks targeting the same victims, at least since July 2023. "During these attacks, cyber threat actors deployed two different ransomware variants against victim companies from the following variants: AvosLocker, Diamond, Hive, Karakurt, LockBit, Quantum, and Royal," the FBI said in an alert. "Variants
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