The FBI warns that crooks usurp the identity of the Ransomware Bianlian gang using false ransom tickets sent to American business leaders.
The false ransom note, first reported By the security of American cybersecurity companies GuidePoint Security, says that hackers have had access to the network of an organization to steal sensitive data and threaten to publish the stolen data unless a ransom application is paid.
Crooks require between $ 250,000 and $ 500,000, According to the FBIWho indicates that the letter includes a QR code linked to a Bitcoin portfolio. The notes have an address back to an office building in Boston, Massachusetts, and claim to come from the Ransomware Bianlian gang.
The Bianlian gang linked to Russia has been the subject of a Cisa alert In November of last year, which warned that the group had targeted multiple sectors of American critical infrastructure since June 2022.
It is not known how many people have been targeted by this scam, and the FBI did not appoint any known victim. Arctic Wolf cybersecurity company reports that the letters were mainly sent to the leaders of the American health sector.
The FBI says that it has not identified any link between individuals who send the ransom notes and the bianlian.
