ECanada, indoda eneminyaka engama-34 ubudala ebambe ubuzwe obumbini baseRussia naseCanada igwetywe iminyaka emine entolongweni kwaye yohlwaywa i-860,000 yeedola zaseCanada ngendima yayo ekuqaliseni ukuhlaselwa kwe-cyberattacks isebenzisa i-LockBit ransomware. Ukubanjwa kwakhe kwenzeka ngasekupheleni kuka-2022, imizuzu ngaphambi kokuba akwazi ukufikelela kwilaptop yakhe.
Ubungqina obufunyenwe kwilaptop yakhe bubandakanya uludwe lwamaqumrhu ahlaselweyo okanye aphawulelwe uhlaselo lwexesha elizayo, imifanekiso yesikrini ebonisa iincoko phakathi kwabaqhubi be-LockBit, incwadi yokuhambisa i-ransomware, ikhowudi yokufihla idatha kwiiplatifti ze-Linux, kunye neefoto ezineenkcukacha kumaxhoba e-LockBit.
I-LockBit isebenza kwisiseko se-Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS), ivumela abaphuli-mthetho ukuba bafikelele ngokuthe ngqo kwizixhobo ze-ransomware, kunye nenxalenye yeenzuzo zabo ezihlawulwe kubadali be-malware. Nangona kunjalo, abaphuli-mthetho banoxanduva lokusasaza i-ransomware. Umntu ekuthethwa ngaye usebenze 'njengeqabane' kolu cwangciso.
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