The FBI warns that scammers are using fake ransom notes sent to US business executives to impersonate Bian ransomware gangs.
Fake Missom Notes, First It has been reported Guidepoint Security, a US cybersecurity company, claims that hackers have accessed the organization’s network to steal sensitive data, threatening to release stolen data unless ransom demand is paid.
Scammers are demanded between $250,000 and $500,000 According to the FBIthis letter says that it contains a QR code linked to your Bitcoin wallet. The memo claims it comes with a return address to an office building in Boston, Massachusetts, and is from a Bian ransomware gang.
The Russian-related Bianlian gang was the subject of CISA Alerts Last November, the group warned that since June 2022 it had targeted multiple US critical infrastructure sectors.
We don’t know how many individuals were targeted for this scam. The FBI does not name it a known victim. Cybersecurity Company Arctic Wolf Report The letter was primarily sent to executives in the US health sector.
The FBI says it does not identify the relationship between the individual who sends the ransom note and the Bianlian.
