CISA, FBI alert provides details on Blackcat ransomware following disruption campaign to support victims

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI are providing more information on the ALPHV/Blackcat ransomware variant and how critical infrastructure organizations can protect themselves, following an FBI disruption campaign that has helped over 500 victims decrypt and restore their systems.

“Over the past 18 months, ALPHV/Blackcat has emerged as the second most prolific ransomware-as-a-service variant in the world based on the hundreds of millions of dollars in ransoms paid by victims around the world. Due to the global...