US attributes 75% of ransomware in second half of 2021 to Russian hackers
The US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) reported that it had received 1,489 ransomware-related filings worth nearly $1.2 billion in 2021. Some 75% of the 793 ransomware occurrences that FinCEN received in the second half of 2021 had a link to Russia.
An investigation by the US Treasury Department found that 75% of the 793 ransomware incidents reported to US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) in the second half of 2021 ‘likely emanate from, or at a minimum are connected to, actors in Russia’.
The US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) reported the receipt of 1,489 ransomware-related filings worth nearly $1.2 billion in 2021, an increase of 188% from the year before.
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