Security News > 2024 > December > US sanctions Chinese firm for hacking firewalls in ransomware attacks

2024-12-10 16:37
The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned Chinese cybersecurity company Sichuan Silence and one of its employees for their involvement in a series of Ragnarok ransomware attacks targeting U.S. critical infrastructure companies and many other victims worldwide in April 2020. [...]
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