A recent report by SentinelOne and RecordedFuture highlights a disturbing trend where cyberespionage groups are using ransomware as a final stage in their operations for financial gain. The report, covered by The Washington Post, reveals that these operations provide adversarial countries with plausible deniability. Notably, Chinese cyberespionage group ChamelGang has been employing ransomware to attack critical infrastructure, including the presidential office of Brazil. The research indicates that these attacks serve to disguise the true intent of data theft, disruption, and diversion.
🇨🇳 cyberespionage group ChamelGang — believed to be working for the 🇨🇳 government — is increasingly deploying ransomware in an effort to cause disruption and provide cover for espionage operations — most notably in attacks on the presidential office of Brazil and on a key… https://t.co/od9HmFSIAd
We knew some ransomware attacks are a cover for nation-state espionage but not much has been written about it. Here's good research from @RecordedFuture & @SentinelOne about Chinese APT that deploys ransomware in last stage of spy op for purposes of financial…
Chinese State Actors Use Ransomware to Conceal Real Intent https://t.co/CBG2jXCfIm
Chinese Espionage Group “ChamelGang” Uses Attacks for Disruption and Data Theft https://t.co/97aJKpGo74
Chinese Cyberspies Employ Ransomware in Attacks for Diversion https://t.co/AQkfdleHsS
ChamelGang & Friends | Cyberespionage Groups Attacking Critical Infrastructure with Ransomware | https://t.co/nBx5pPWd8S @LabsSentinel @RecordedFuture
🗞️ In @washingtonpost: "'Cyberespionage operations disguised as ransomware activities provide an opportunity for adversarial countries to claim plausible deniability,' a team from security companies @RecordedFuture and SentinelOne wrote in a report released Wednesday. The…
🚨 👿 A disturbing ransomware trend that blurs the lines between cyberespionage and cybercrime, highlighted in a new @LabsSentinel report: Threat actors in the cyberespionage ecosystem are using ransomware as a final stage in their operations for the purposes of financial gain,… https://t.co/gJVY2sS6Qh