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The agricultural sector has been hit by a rising number of costly ransomware attacks.
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“By operating vast server farms that sell virtual currency mining capacity internationally, these companies help Russia monetize its natural resources,” the Treasury Department said in a statement.
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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is attributing the campaign to hackers known as the Lazarus Group.
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The address received $600 million in Ethereum and other digital currency during the March attack, crypto-tracking company Chainalysis said.
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According to crypto-tracking company Chainalysis, the markets probably couldn’t handle it without prices tanking.
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Denys Iarmak, a Ukrainian national, was involved with the Russia-linked hacking group between November 2016 and November 2018.
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Narcotics trafficking and money laundering were the main business for Hydra, which researchers say was the largest dark-web market.
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Ransomware strains such as Maze, Ryuk and BlackCat have increasingly been part of FIN7’s playbook in recent years, Mandiant says.
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The list also includes Evgeny Viktorovich Gladkikh, the researcher indicted for creating the malware, which targets industrial control systems.
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The former Treasury Secretary’s Liberty Strategic Capital has made a string of investments in cybersecurity businesses.
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