Researchers warn of a new ransomware threat dubbed RA Group that also engages in data theft and extortion and has been hitting organizations since late April. The group’s ransomware program is built from the leaked source code of a different threat called Babuk.
“Like other ransomware actors, RA Group also operates a data leak site in which they threaten to publish the data exfiltrated from victims who fail to contact them within a specified time or do not meet their ransom demands,” researchers from Cisco Talos said in a new report. “This form of double extortion increases the chances that a victim will pay the requested ransom.”
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