Ransomware Hits US Defense Contractor BlueForce

From ehackingnews.com

A ransomware attack hit U.S defense contractor Blueforce, says Hatching Triage sample, and a Conti ransomware chat. Ransomware in the Hatching Triage page consisted of a ransom threat likely to be from an attacker who hit the victim with Conti Ransomware strain. Tech Target’s sister website LMagIT found the sample which was sent to SearchSecurity. 

The note said that all the victim’s files were encoded by CONTI ransomware, attacker told the victim to google about if he weren’t aware of what the strain is, and said that all information has been encrypted with the software and couldn’t be restored by any method unless the victims contact the team directly. 

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