Hackers attacked five American firms. Each was demanded 200 BTC buyback

In the United States, hackers attacked five law firms, demanding two ransoms of 100 BTC ($922,000 today) from eachcourse) - one for restoring access to information, the other for deleting a copy and non-disclosure of information. It is reported by Cointelegraph.

According to cybersecurity specialist Emsisoft, two out of five law firms were attacked in late January. The hacker group Maze has already managed to publish some of the data.

Attackers publish hacked names firstcompanies on their website. If firms refuse to pay, hackers spread the stolen data in small pieces. After receiving the treasured ransom, data from the website is deleted.

“The group also published data on a Russian hacker forum marked“ Use this information in any vile way ””Emsisoft analyst Brett Callow said.

He also expressed the opinion that it is unlikely that attackers will completely delete the data “which can then be monetized”.

ForkLog previously reported that over the past year, cryptocurrency and blockchain companies paid almost $ 1 million to detect various vulnerabilities in projects through the HackerOne platform.