About 50% of Ransomware Victims from the U.S.

Making the headlines

• Conti ransomware accounted for nearly 22% of ransomware leaks between April and June. The group uses email phishing to remotely penetrate via an employee’s device.
• Avaddon ransomware, which has reportedly quit the businesses, was involved in 17% of ransomware attacks during H1 2021. Data leak and DDoS attack threats have been its strong suit.

U.S. takes the majority of hits

• Most recently, Pacific City Bank suffered a ransomware attack by AVOS Locker group as it dumped the bank data on its leak site and published some screenshots as proof.
• There have been alerts and warnings released by federal agencies regarding ransomware activities in the country.
• Last week, the FBI warned of ransomware threats aimed at the food and agriculture sector that could disrupt operations and subsequently cause financial losses for the entire food supply chain.
• A similar warning was sent out, in the same week, by the CISA and FBI against ransomware groups that may imitate or impersonate a firm or an individual over the weekends and holidays.

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