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Wannabe ransomware operators arrested before hospital attacks

Law enforcement in Romania arrested a group of individuals that were planning ransomware attacks against healthcare institutions in the country. Ironically, the group operated under the name PentaGuard Hackers Crew. Three were arrested in Romania and a fourth in the Republic of Moldova after executing home search warrants. Authorities say the group had file-encrypting malware, remote access trojans, tools for SQL injection and website defacement attacks. The attackers would have planted malware in emails pretending to be from government institutions sending COVID-19 information.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/wannabe-ransomware-operators-arrested-before-hospital-attacks/

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