Beware of Ranzy Locker Ransomware: FBI Warns
According to an FBI alert, Ranzy Locker ransomware operators crippled the networks of at least 30 U.S. organizations, mostly via brute-force attacks. The group runs a double extortion model, threatening victims to leak data if they did not agree with ransom demands. The alert by officials offer mitigation steps to organizations, including regular backups, network segmentation, and reviewing domain controllers.