E-Canada, indoda eneminyaka engu-34 ubudala ephethe ubuzwe ababili baseRussia naseCanada igwetshwe iminyaka emine ejele futhi yahlawuliswa amaRandi angu-860,000 aseCanada ngeqhaza layo lokuqalisa ukuhlasela kwe-cyberattack isebenzisa i-LockBit ransomware. Ukuboshwa kwakhe kwenzeka ngasekupheleni kuka-2022, isikhashana ngaphambi kokuthi avikele i-laptop yakhe.
Ubufakazi obutholwe kukhompuyutha yakhe ephathekayo buhlanganisa uhlu lwezinhlangano ezihlaselwe noma ezimakelwe ukuhlaselwa okuzayo, izithombe-skrini ezibonisa izingxoxo phakathi kwabaqhubi be-LockBit, imanuwali yokuthunyelwa kwe-ransomware, ukubhalwa kwekhodi kokubethelwa kwedatha kumapulatifomu e-Linux, nezithombe ezinemininingwane yezisulu ze-LockBit.
I-LockBit isebenza ngesisekelo se-Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS), evumela izigebengu ukufinyelela ngokuqondile kumathuluzi e-ransomware, ingxenye yenzuzo yazo ekhokhelwa abadali bohlelo olungayilungele ikhompuyutha. Nokho izigebengu zijutshwe ukusabalalisa i-ransomware. Umuntu okukhulunywa ngaye usebenze 'njengenxusa' kulolu hlelo.
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