Yet another ransomware group is causing major damage and headaches. Bleeping Computer has a helpful write-up on Brain Cipher. It begins:
The new Brain Cipher ransomware operation has begun targeting organizations worldwide, gaining media attention for a recent attack on Indonesia’s temporary National Data Center.
Indonesia is building out National Data Centers to securely store servers used by the government for online services and data hosting.
On June 20th, one of the temporary National Data Centers suffered a cyberattack that encrypted the government’s servers and disrupted immigration services, passport control, issuing of event permits, and other online services.
The government confirmed that a new ransomware operation, Brain Cipher, was behind the attack, disrupting over 200 government agencies.
Read more on Bleeping Computer to learn more about the group’s methods.
