An notorious Russian hacker group claims it has efficiently breached the U.S. Federal Reserve.
Safety researchers say the ransomware group LockBit claims it has accessed 33 terabytes of “juicy banking info containing People’ banking secrets and techniques.”
The group says it’s holding the information hostage, demanding the Federal Reserve pay a bounty to maintain the data underneath wraps.
“You higher rent one other negotiator inside 48 hours, and hearth this scientific fool who values People’ financial institution secrecy at $50,000.”
The Fed has not launched a response to the claims nor confirmed whether or not its infrastructure has been breached.
Safety specialists say they’re dismissing LockBit’s claims except and till the group posts proof of the alleged hack on-line.
LockBit has executed extremely disruptive cyberattacks on banks, governments and organizations for years, and the U.S. Division of State just lately introduced a multi million-dollar reward for info resulting in the arrest of anybody concerned in LockBit’s operation.
“The Division of State is asserting reward gives totaling as much as $15 million for info resulting in the arrest and/or conviction of any particular person taking part in a LockBit ransomware variant assault…
Since January 2020, LockBit actors have executed over 2,000 assaults in opposition to victims in america, and around the globe, inflicting pricey disruptions to operations and the destruction or exfiltration of delicate info. Greater than $144 million in ransom funds have been made to get better from LockBit ransomware occasions.”
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