The FBI has warned that the scammers are imitating the Benal Ransamware gang using fake ransom notes sent to US corporate executives.
Fake ransom note, before Reported Through the US CyberScript Company Guide Point Security, claim that hackers have access to an organization’s network to steal sensitive data, and have been threatened to publish stolen data until the demand for ransom is paid.
Scammers, 000 are demanding between 250,000 and 000 500,000, According to the FBIWhich states that the letter includes a QR code connected to BitCoin Purse. The notes include a return to an office building in Massachusetts, Massachusetts, and claims that it is from the Benalian Rainswear gang.
Was the subject of Benalian group A associated with Russia Cisa alert In November last year, which warned that the group had targeted several US major infrastructure sectors since June 2022.
It is not known how many people have been targeted by this scam, and the FBI has not named any famous victims. CyberScureti Firm Arctic Wolf Reports The letters are primarily sent to executives in the US health care sector.
The FBI says it has not identified any contacts between those who sent ransom notes and the Benalian.