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FinCen Warns on Ransomware Attacks, Notes Increased Targeting of Government Entities

Amid a rising incidence of ransomware attacks being reported this year, the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCen) issued an advisory Thursday concerning such attacks.

  • FinCen’s advisory notes that governmental entities, and financial, educational, and healthcare institutions have been particularly targeted by these attacks. 

  • The financial watchdog’s advisory notes that the “severity and sophistication” of such attacks has continued to rise. It adds that this also represents a major concern for financial intermediaries, like banks or exchanges, because quite often they’re the ones processing ransom payments for such attacks. 

  • The advisory said that these attacks have increasingly targeted larger enterprises for bigger payouts, attackers tend to share resources to increase effectiveness of their attacks, and usually require payments be made using cryptocurrencies, most commonly bitcoin (BTC). 

  • It also notes that ransomware attacks on small municipalities and healthcare entities have also seen an increase, likely due to the lack of sophisticated cybersecurity controls available to such entities. 
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