South Korea’s financial industry hit in large-scale attack linked to Russian and North Korean hackers

South Korea’s financial industry was struck by a coordinated supply chain attack linked to Russian and North Korean threat actors, which resulted in the deployment of Qilin ransomware and the theft of sensitive data, cybersecurity firm Bitdefender confirmed. When compiling research for its Threat Debrief October report, Bitdefender said it started investigating the campaign after noticing an unusual surge in ransomware incidents in South Korea in September. The country recorded 25 attacks that month, a profound difference from the monthly average of only two cases recorded between September 2024 and August this year. South Korea targeted in Qilin ransomware attacks According to Bitdefender’s report published last Monday, South Korea has become the second-most affected country by ransomware this year, trailing the United States only. In about 33 cases, the software security firm identified, 25 cases were attributed to the Qilin ransomware group, and 24 of the compromised entities were within...

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