Ransomware matter dey hot as new operation wey dem call Valencia don start dey expose information wey dem claim say dem steal from different organisations across di world. Recently, Valencia Ransomware don dey post links for their dark web leak site wey dem call “Wall of Shame”. Di links na gigabytes of information wey dem talk say dem collect from one Californian local government, one pharmaceutical company, and one paper manufacturer.
Di people wey dem don claim say dem do di thing include City of Pleasanton for California (wey dem talk say dem carry 283GB of sensitive gist), Malaysian pharmaceutical firm wey dem call Duopharma Biotech (25.7GB), Indian paper manufacturer Satia (7.1GB), and Bangladeshi drugs maker Globe Pharmaceuticals (200MB). Dem still claim say Spanish fashion giant wey dey answer Tendam follow for those wey Valencia hit. If na true, e sure say e bad well-well, as di same company don still chop Medusa ransomware wahala earlier dis month.
Online, some pesin dey speculate say dem fit connect some of di attack wey Valencia do to di vulnerability inside di WhatsUp Gold networking monitoring software wey Progress dey use. Dem discover di vulnerability wey fit allow take over WhatsUp Gold admin accounts for May, and dem publish proof-of-concept exploit code for end of August. Before di matter cold, security firms don dey report say cybercriminals don dey use di flaw actively.
For their leak webpage, Valencia dey describe di organisations wey dem compromise like dis: “Here is a list of companies that don’t care about customer privacy.” Wetin dem mean by dat be say dis na list of companies wey no gree pay ransom after cybercriminals don use dem do pepper soup. Na true say if pesin pay ransom, e go ginger more cybercriminal activities and e go increase di chance of future attacks.
But, when di kind threat fit scatter pesin business and even affect di job of dia employees, partners, and clients, some companies go see say dem no get choice than to pay. Whether you pay or not, e important well-well to report cybersecurity attacks to authorities make dem for sabi wetin happen and fit assist dem for dia investigation.
Nobody fit say dem dey safe about ransomware, as attacks dey increase and dem dey make plenty money pass ever before. Dis show say di number of attacks no go go down any time soon.
