As cyberattacks increase significantly and more ransomware groups emerge, the FBI is trying to crack down on cybercrime. Brian Worndiran, deputy director of the agency's cybercrime unit, said the FBI is currently tracking hundreds of hacking groups in the U.S., but mainly in other parts of the world.
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U.S. officials are increasingly concerned about cybercrime, and they must remain vigilant to prevent future cyberattacks . Organized gangs that specialize in ransomware attacks are hitting companies, businesses, schools and government agencies hard . While some groups try to stay out of the spotlight and be forgotten, others are highly active.
Among the groups that have gone under after attracting too much attention is DarkSide ransomware, a popular cybercrime group from Eastern Europe that targeted, among others, Colonial Pipeline in May. The American Community agreed to pay $4.4 million. A few days after the payment, Colonial Pipeline resumed normal operations. Fortunately for the company, American officials were able to recover a large portion of the money paid to the DarkSide gang.
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However, hundreds of hacking groups remain very active. Brett Gallo, a cybercrime analyst at MCSoft, said: “New hacking groups are emerging every day. In some cases, they are linked to activities that are already known to authorities. In other cases, these are new gangs.” Researchers estimate that there are currently about 1,000 groups worldwide that specialize in ransomware. The FBI emphasizes that finding cybercriminals is a difficult task.
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Brian Worndiran added: “The hackers who design ransomware software are often different from those who use it – both parties share the benefits. We are interested in both of these profiles. Identifying hackers is becoming more complicated as the ransomware world becomes more professional. A hacker using ransomware may have no connection to the group that designed it. According to the FBI, many ransomware groups are Russian. US President Joe Biden has criticized the Kremlin for not stopping these hackers.
Source of information: presstories.com
