The financial sector is a prime target for criminal cartels and nation-state actors. Criminals seek a lucrative market, and nation-states treat profit as a form of sanctions-busting. The high volume of Russian-speaking gangs and the current sanctions against the Russian state makes Russia a major threat to financial institutions today.
The reason that financial institutions are under constant attack is simple: that’s where the money is today. This is no different than the statement made by the
Has the notorious REvil, aka Sodinokibi, ransomware operation come back? Researchers suspect former developers may have restarted the server and data leak site. On 20 April 2022, the original Happy Blog leak site began redirecting to the new blog, which lists both old and seemingly new victims, including Oil India Limited. Cybersecurity researchers on Twitter attributed a recent ransomware attack at Oil India Limited to either REvil or imposters using the gang's name.
In early April 2022, at th
