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Conti ransomware hacking spree breached over 40 orgs in a month

Posted on June 23, 2022 by Dissent

Ionut Ilascu reports:

The Conti cybercrime syndicate runs one of the most aggressive ransomware operations and has grown highly organized, to the point that affiliates were able to hack more than 40 companies in a little over a month.

Security researchers codenamed the hacking campaign ARMattack and described it as being one of the group’s “most productive” and “extremely effective.”

Lightning-fast ARMattack campaign

In a report shared with BleepingComputer, researchers at cybersecurity company Group-IB say that one of Conti’s “most productive campaigns” occurred last year, between November 17 and December 20, 2021.

Read more at Bleeping Computer.


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