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Golden Chickens provides Malware-as-a-Service, known to be used by several financial crime groups - Russia-based FIN6, Evilnum and Cobalt Group.

The group previously deployed REvil and Maze before managing the now-retired DarkSide and BlackMatter ransomware operations.

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The BianLian group has been operating since at least June 2022 and has actively targeted critical infrastructure organizations.

Three other states - Iceland, Ireland and Japan - have also joined the center.

While Lacroix did not reveal the exact nature of the incident, it admitted that “some local infrastructures have been encrypted.”

The attackers likely gain access to the devices by exploiting known vulnerabilities or target routers with default or weak and easily guessable passwords

The US State Department has offered a reward of up to $10 million for information that leads to Matveev’s capture or conviction

The Money Message ransomware gang is reportedly behind the attack.

The company didn’t reveal how many users may have been impacted by the breach.