Security News > 2024 > August > Iranian hackers work with ransomware gangs to extort breached orgs
2024-08-28 17:22
An Iran-based hacking group known as Pioneer Kitten is breaching defense, education, finance, and healthcare organizations across the United States and working with affiliates of several ransomware operations to extort the victims. [...]
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