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Watch out, ransomware attack risk increases on holidays and weekends, FBI and CISA

Security Affairs

After DarkSide actors gained access to the victim’s network, they deployed ransomware to encrypt victim data and—as a secondary form of extortion—exfiltrated the data before threatening to publish it to further pressure victims into paying the ransom demand. Many will exfiltrate large amounts of data. ” reads the joint alert.