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FBI: Hackers use BadUSB to target defense firms with ransomware

Posted on January 7, 2022 by Dissent

Sergiu Gatlan reports:

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned US companies in a recently updated flash alert that the financially motivated FIN7 cybercriminal group targeted the US defense industry with packages containing malicious USB devices to deploy ransomware.

The attackers mailed packages containing ‘BadUSB’ or ‘Bad Beetle USB’ devices with the LilyGO logo, commonly available for sale on the Internet.

Read more at BleepingComputer.


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1 thought on “FBI: Hackers use BadUSB to target defense firms with ransomware”

  1. Brad Cable says:
    January 7, 2022 at 10:50 pm

    https://web.archive.org/web/20210321021958/https://www.losangeles.va.gov/documents/MI-000120-MW.pdf

    Moderator’s note: This site normally does not permit submitted links, but a check of this one shows that it is the March 2020 FBI flash alert — Dissent

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