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✍️ Ransomware is a major threat to every industry, including healthcare, with hackers targeting companies and employees with extortion letters and demands for payment.
👉 Ransomware attacks are on the rise, with hackers targeting companies and employees with extortion letters and demands for payment.
👉 The FBI is warning businesses, particularly in the healthcare sector, about a scam involving physical ransom letters sent via the U.S. Postal Service.
👉 The letters claim to be from the ransomware group BianLian and demand Bitcoin payments ranging from $150,000 to $500,000 in exchange for not leaking supposedly stolen data.
👉 No proof is provided, and investigations have found no signs of actual ransomware intrusions in affected organizations.
👉 Ransomware is hitting healthcare harder than ever, with attacks rising more than 32% from 2023 to 2024.

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According to the FBI, cybercriminals are sending extortion letters, threatening to release victims' sensitive information unless a ransom is paid.
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/fbi-warns-about-new-extortion-scam-targeting-sensitive-data