Security News > 2024 > September > Hacktivist Group Twelve Targets Russian Entities with Destructive Cyber Attacks
2024-09-21 14:39
A hacktivist group known as Twelve has been observed using an arsenal of publicly available tools to conduct destructive cyber attacks against Russian targets. "Rather than demand a ransom for decrypting data, Twelve prefers to encrypt victims' data and then destroy their infrastructure with a wiper to prevent recovery," Kaspersky said in a Friday analysis. "The approach is indicative of a
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