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Russian Hackers Account for Most 2021 Ransomware Schemes, US Says
Channel News Asia ^ | 02 Nov 2022

Posted on 11/01/2022 5:41:43 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Payment-seeking software made by Russian hackers was used in three quarters of all the ransomware schemes reported to a US financial crime agency in the second half of 2021, a Treasury Department analysis released on Tuesday (Nov 1) showed.

In analysis issued in response to the increase in number and severity of ransomware attacks against critical infrastructure in the United States since late 2020, the US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) said it had received 1,489 ransomware-related filings worth nearly US$1.2 billion in 2021, a 188 per cent jump from the year before.

Out of 793 ransomware incidents reported to FinCEN in the second half of 2021, 75 per cent "had a nexus to Russia, its proxies, or persons acting on its behalf", the report said.

(Excerpt) Read more at channelnewsasia.com ...


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1 posted on 11/01/2022 5:41:43 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Look there!!! The Russians are EVERYWHERE!!!!

(despite the Chinese, literally, being everywhere)


2 posted on 11/01/2022 5:43:26 PM PDT by BobL
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To: nickcarraway

Russia, the career criminal of countries


3 posted on 11/01/2022 5:44:42 PM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: BobL

Chinese are big into the IOPs (International Online Pharmacy) racket.


4 posted on 11/01/2022 5:47:45 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: nickcarraway

What ?
A strong Ruble and their stealing $$$ ?


5 posted on 11/01/2022 5:48:02 PM PDT by jcon40 (Machinery is only as good as its design and quality of parts. A citizen is only as good as...)
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To: BobL

Where were these guys from 1917-1991?

They seem different now.

The “no blood for oil” crowd now wants to mix it up with Russia.

That’s the beautiful thing about Anglo-American propaganda:

“It works.”


6 posted on 11/01/2022 5:48:59 PM PDT by unclebankster (Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel)
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To: jcon40

The dollar is strong too.


7 posted on 11/01/2022 5:49:39 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: canuck_conservative

Ok, Depape...


8 posted on 11/01/2022 6:06:27 PM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera )
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To: nickcarraway

Raise your hand if you have a hard time believing anything the “U.S. Government” says.


9 posted on 11/01/2022 6:18:54 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: SoConPubbie

The RAT regime use the same formula with Russia as they use on any entity that stands in the way of the WEF LWO plans. They use it on conservatives, Trump, Russia, Musk, Tucker, Malone, etc They are canceling and trying to replace Putin.

They are attempting to do regime change in Russia and have a proxy style puppet regime residing in another nearby country to take over if they can get rid of Putin.

This is what the West is claiming Putin is doing, but it is they that are actually doing it all over he place to get their NWO. That push is on and that is what we are watching as the dominoes are falling. Unfortunately, these tyrants do not wish people well, they are communists of the worst sort.


10 posted on 11/01/2022 6:36:20 PM PDT by dforest ( )
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To: dforest

Because Russia good. USA bad.

You can move.


11 posted on 11/01/2022 6:38:02 PM PDT by Fuzz
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To: Fuzz

That is what you said. You better take a long hard look at this country and pray a lot because what is happening to America is not a good thing.

I did not say Russia is good. I said Russia stands in their way and that is just a fact. I will also say that America is in the hands of very bad people that do not wish us well.

Pull your fool head outta your backside and look around you. It is that kind of blindness that has gotten the US into decay.

I don’t plan to move because there will be no place left to get away from this scum running things.


12 posted on 11/01/2022 6:56:16 PM PDT by dforest ( )
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To: dforest

Lol, snowflake.


13 posted on 11/01/2022 6:59:33 PM PDT by Fuzz
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To: nickcarraway

In 2008 i was lucky enough to get a gig on a white hat project to deal with increased targeting of healthcare organisations by criminal cyber gangs. First order of business was to figure out how they operate.

We tracked one group of social engineers to a small town in the Russuan Caucasus. They were using a variety of confidence tactics to isolate people in management positions or administration access. Some were susceptible to really generic spam, others needed layers of convincers. But the objective was “lateral movement” get someone to open the door onto the network and provide ways to sniff out useful targets.

Point is, 14 years ago the west wasn’t at war with Russia but Russia was actively attacking our hospitals on a daily basis.


14 posted on 11/02/2022 5:53:24 AM PDT by MalPearce ("You see, but you do not observe". https://www.thefabulous.co/s/2uHEJdj)
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