With ransomware payments hitting an all-time high in 2023, CISOs “need to concentrate on making their organizations a hard target.”
Cisco Talos researchers also said that Dutch law enforcement has identified and apprehended the threat actor behind Babuk Tortilla operations.
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In addition to creating the decryption tool, law enforcement agencies have also gained visibility into the ransomware group’s network and have seized several attacker-operated websites.
A new advisory from U.S. and Australian government agencies warns that the Play ransomware group has successfully infected at least 300 organizations since its emergence in June 2022, including critical infrastructure entities.