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June 30, 2020 12:10 am
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/jt8owxnOEwQ/a-hacker-gang-is-wiping-lenovo-nas-devices-and-asking-for-ransoms
A Hacker Gang is Wiping Lenovo NAS Devices and Asking for Ransoms
A hacker group going by the name of 'Cl0ud SecuritY' is breaking into old LenovoEMC (formerly Iomega) network-attached storage (NAS) devices, wiping files, and leaving ransom notes behind asking owners to pay between $200 and $275 to get their data back. From a report:Attacks have been happening for at least a month, according to entries on BitcoinAbuse, a web portal where users can report Bitcoin addresses abused in ransomware, extortions, cybercrime, and other online scams. Attacks appear to have targeted only LenovoEMC/Iomega NAS devices that are exposing their management interface on the internet without a password. ZDNet was able to identify around 1,000 such devices using a Shodan search.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/jt8owxnOEwQ/a-hacker-gang-is-wiping-lenovo-nas-devices-and-asking-for-ransoms
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