Rook Ransomware group used Babuk’s leaked source code to target Kazakhstan-based financial institutions. Rook claims to have stolen 1.1 terabytes of data from three financial companies, including Zhilstroysberbank, a Kazakhstan bank that provides home loans at affordable rates. Babuk source code leak enables Tier 2 ransomware groups to use the code available for free on GitHub on its own or as a building block to carry out targeted attacks on Windows systems. Researchers say with the ready availability of leaked Babuk code, its “inevitable that the proliferation of new ransomware groups we’re seeing now is only going to continue””]
Source: https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/rook-uses-babuks-leaked-code-in-kazakh-bank-attacks-a-18209