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While Lacroix did not reveal the exact nature of the incident, it admitted that “some local infrastructures have been encrypted.”

The attackers likely gain access to the devices by exploiting known vulnerabilities or target routers with default or weak and easily guessable passwords

The US State Department has offered a reward of up to $10 million for information that leads to Matveev’s capture or conviction

The Money Message ransomware gang is reportedly behind the attack.

The company didn’t reveal how many users may have been impacted by the breach.

Experts say that the website was only disrupted for about two weeks and the “twin” dark web version of the market remains online and is fully functional.

The threat actor has already listed four victims on its data leak site, including three organizations in the US and one in South Korea.

The attacks are part of a broader, highly targeted cyber-espionage campaign, which began in mid-2022 and continued into the first quarter of 2023.

The group allegedly hacked Spain’s online booking system and used automated software to obtain “practically all” of the appointments throughout the country.

The Education Facilities subsector is responsible for nearly 68% of PaperCut internet-exposed servers, although not all of the servers are vulnerable.