FBI Warns of DoppelPaymer Ransomware Attack Surge
Get Permission The FBI is warning of increased activity - including disruption of a police dispatch system - by the operators of DoppelPaymer, a ransomware variant linked to high-profile attacks over the last several months. The operators of DoppelPaymer, or their affiliates, have been calling victims as a way of pressuring them to pay ransoms, which can be as high as seven figures, the FBI reports in a notice made public this week. "As of February 2020, in multiple instances, DoppelPaymer actors had followed ransomware infections with calls to the victims to extort payments through intimida...
Source: bankinfosecurity.com