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Holy Ghost ransomware operation linked to North Korean hackers

Posted on July 14, 2022 by Dissent

Ionut Ilascu reports:

For more than a year, North Korean hackers have been running a ransomware operation called HolyGhost, attacking small businesses in various countries.

The group has been active for quite a while but it failed to gain the notoriety and financial success of other gangs even if the operation followed the same recipe: double extortion combined with a leak site to publish the name of the victims and stolen data.

Read more at BleepingComputer.


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