Researchers have identified around 6,000 "fingerprints" hinting that the attacks are being automatically generated.
September 22, 2017 By India Ashok
A new "aggressive" Locky ransomware campaign has seen cybercriminals launch around 20 million fresh attacks in just a day. Security experts say that the new campaign has begun recently, indicating that more attacks may be imminent, should the campaign continue with the same intensity.
According to security researchers at Barracuda Advanced Technology Group, who have been monitoring the attacks, the largest volume of ransomware attacks appears to be coming from Vietnam, indicating that organisations there may be hit hardest. The hackers also targeted India, Columbia, Greece and Turkey.
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