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| Victim Name | Dirig Sheet Metal |
| Victim Post Date | 2024-01-24 |
| Description | Dirig Sheet Metal provides comprehensive services for industrial customers, from customized evaluations and recommendations to the full range of resources required to complete industrial projects . 65GB of data will be available for downloading. You can find de tailed information of projects with drawings, contracts, confiden tial agreements, a bit of personal information, financial data an d so on. |
Akira Ransomware Group
The ‘Akira’ ransomware group has emerged as a significant threat to businesses, particularly small- and medium-sized organizations in North America and Australia. The group has been known to target the government sector and has been involved in various high-profile attacks. Akira ransomware group’s tactics have evolved over time, with the group shifting its focus from deploying ransomware to exfiltrating sensitive data from victims’ environments. The group has been observed to breach systems by gaining unauthorized access to target organizations’ VPNs, typically through compromised login credentials.
Citations:
- [1] scmagazine.com/resource/akira-ransomware-groups-changing-tactics-what-you-need-to-know
- [2] scmagazine.com/brief/escalating-akira-ransomware-attacks-target-finland
- [3] news.sophos.com/en-us/2023/12/21/akira-again-the-ransomware-that-keeps-on-taking/
- [4] provendata.com/blog/akira-ransomware/
- [5] trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/ransomware-spotlight/ransomware-spotlight-akira
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