Security News > 2023 > October > Most dual ransomware attacks occur within 48 hours
Since July 2023, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has noticed a new trend: dual ransomware attacks on the same victim, occurring in close proximity of one another.
Dual ransomware attacks are when attacks against the same victim occurr within 10 days of each other.
"This use of dual ransomware variants resulted in a combination of data encryption, exfiltration, and financial losses from ransom payments. Second ransomware attacks against an already compromised system could significantly harm victim entities."
Ransomware attacks involving multiple ransomware strains are now a wholly new occurrence.
Sophos researchers recently shared details about a triple ransomware attack against an automotive supplier, in which attackers took advantage of the same misconfiguration.
More recently, attackers used 3AM ransomware as a fallback in case LockBit - the primary ransomware - gets flagged and blocked by security solutions.
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