It's a rare case of the US government publicly linking Iran with ransomware, which is typically used by cybercriminals rather than governments. And it's a reminder that America's ransomware problem is not limited to Russia.
The Iranian hackers are exploiting known flaws in software made by Microsoft and California-based vendor Fortinet to access systems and at times lock them up with ransomware, according to the advisory from the FBI, US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Australian Cyber Security Centre and the UK's National Cyber Security Centre.
"We're taking it very seriously," Errol Weiss, the group's chief security officer, told CNN."I would have loved a chance to work on this with the government before it came out." The Iranian government's alleged dabbling in ransomware, however, has received less public attention. But private-sector researchers have in recent months detailed Iran-linked hackers alleged use of ransomware, warning that hacks of companies in Israel and elsewhere are meant to disrupt business operations and intimidate victim organizations rather than recover actual ransom payments.
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