In the previous three months, the BlackByte ransomware group has infiltrated the networks of at least three firms in the US critical infrastructure sectors, according to the FBI. This was revealed in a joint cybersecurity advisory issued by TLP: WHITE and the US Secret Service on Friday.
According to the federal law enforcement agency, BlackByte ransomware had infected multiple the US and foreign businesses as of November 2021, including entities in at least three critical infrastructure sectors in the US, including government facilities, financial institutions, and food and agriculture. BlackByte is a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group that encrypts files on infected Windows host systems, including physical and virtual servers.
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