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Silent Ransom Group’s Bold New Play: When Hackers Show Up at the Door

WebProNews·Sara Donnelly·3 days ago
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The call comes in. An employee picks up. The voice on the other end claims to work in the company’s own IT department. Something about a recent phishing attempt that needs urgent attention. Follow these steps. Download this tool. Grant remote access. Within minutes, sensitive files start moving. But sometimes the remote route fails. That’s when the real surprise arrives. A stranger walks through the front door, badge in hand, story prepared. They need to image the machine or run a backup. They plug in a USB drive. Data walks out the building on physical media. No malware. No encryption. Just theft and threats. This is the current playbook of the Silent Ransom Group. Also known as Luna Moth, Chatty Spider and UNC3753. The FBI laid it out in stark terms this week. The group has targeted U.S. law firms without pause since spring 2023. It operates across insurance, finance and healthcare too. Yet law practices remain the persistent focus. FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center alert . SRG emerged in 2022.…

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