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The FBI is warning that chiseler are pose the BianLian ransomware gang using fake ransom money notes sent to U.S. corporate executive director .
The fake ransom money notes , firstreportedby U.S. cybersecurity companionship GuidePoint Security , claim that hackers have gained access to an organization ’s meshwork to slip sensitive data , and threaten to publish the stolen data unless a ransom need is bear .
The scammers are demanding between $ 250,000 and $ 500,000,according to the FBI , which says the missive include a QR codification linked to a Bitcoin wallet . The notes have a return key speech to an office construction in Boston , Massachusetts , and take to be from the BianLian ransomware crowd .
The Russia - linked BianLian gang was the subject of aCISA alertin November last year , which warned that the radical had direct multiple U.S. critical base sector since June 2022 .
It ’s not sleep together how many somebody have been direct by this scam , and the FBI has n’t named any know victims . Cybersecurity house Arctic Wolfreportsthat the letters have primarily been sent to executives in the U.S. healthcare sector . Arctic Wolf CISO Adam Marrè told TechCrunch that the fellowship is mindful of at least 20 organizations that have received these extortion letters .
The FBI says it has not identify any connections between the individuals institutionalize the ransom notes and BianLian .
