REvil Ransomware Syndicate Allegedly Behind Holiday Weekend Hack of At Least 200 Companies
On 7/2/21 at 7:55 PM EDT
Ahead of the three-day Fourth of July weekend, the REvil gang is suspected to be behind a new ransomware attack Friday that affected at least 200 companies in the U.S.
REvil, based in Russia, was likely behind the JBS Meat Packing attack in May, according to the FBI. The Flashpoint Intelligence Platform has suggested that former REvil members were involved in the recent Colonial Pipeline attack earlier this year as well, allegedly done by the DarkSide ransomware group.
By launching an attack ahead of a three-day weekend, the hackers can take advantage of reduced numbers of IT workers available to fix the problems. The latest attack is on Kaseya, a network management company.