Engqungqutheleni yakamuva yezokuphepha yolwazi lwamazwe ngamazwe iRSA 2020, phakathi kwezinye izinto, abameleli beFederal Bureau of Investigation bakhulume. Embikweni wabo, bathi kule minyaka engu-6 edlule, izisulu ze-ransomware zikhokhe imali engaphezu kuka-$140 million kubahlaseli.
Ngokusho kwe-FBI, phakathi kuka-Okthoba 2013 noNovemba 2019, abahlaseli bakhokhelwa u-$ 144 ku-Bitcoin. Inzuzo enkulu yalethwa i-Ryuk ransomware, lapho abahlaseli bathola imali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-350 zamaRandi. Uhlelo olungayilungele ikhompuyutha lwe-Crysis/Dharma lulethe cishe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-000, kanti i-Bitpaymer β i-$ 61 million. Ummeleli we-FBI waphawula ukuthi amanani enkokhelo angase abe phezulu, njengoba i-ejensi ingenayo idatha enembile. Izinkampani eziningi zizama ukufihla ulwazi mayelana nezigameko ezinjalo ukuze zingalimazi isithunzi sazo futhi zivimbele inani lamasheya azo ukuba liwe.
Kuphinde kwashiwo ukuthi umthetho olandelwayo we-RDP, ovumela abasebenzisi beWindows ukuthi baxhume ukude endaweni yabo yokusebenza, imvamisa isetshenziswa abahlaseli ukuze bathole ukufinyelela kukhompyutha yesisulu. Ngemva kokuthola isihlengo, abahlaseli ngokuvamile badlulisela izimali ekushintshanisweni kwe-cryptocurrency okuhlukene, okwenza kube nzima ukulandelela ukunyakaza kwezimali okuqhubekayo.
I-FBI ikholelwa ukuthi izinkampani eziningi zikhokha izindleko zokukhokha i-ransomware ngomshuwalense. Umnyango uqaphele ukuthi izinkampani ziya ngokuya zifaka umshwalense ezingozini ezihlobene nobugebengu be-inthanethi. Ngakho-ke, eminyakeni embalwa edlule, umthamo wezinkokhelo ezitholwe abahlaseli ukhuphuke kakhulu.
Source: 3dnews.ru