The FBI reports that tribes have spent tens of millions of dollars on ransoms for their IT systems to be restored. Cybercriminals often demand payment in the form of cryptocurrency that is difficult, if not impossible, to trace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Along with losing out on revenue and conceding bounties to their attackers, ransomware events can result in the theft of personal data on customers and employees, as well as sensitive business information.<\/p>\n
FBI Director Christopher Wray says criminal cyber strikes have increased rapidly over the past decade.<\/p>\n
\nToday’s cyber threats are more pervasive, hit a wider variety of victims, and carry the potential for greater damage than ever before. That’s why cyber is one of the FBI’s highest priorities. And it’ll stay near the top of our list as long as nation-states and cybercriminal syndicates keep innovating,”<\/strong> Wray s aide said last month during a presentation before the Economic Club of New York.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nThe FBI boss detailed that the agency is centered on prevention and disruption, and “hitting hackers before they attack or before their intrusions can cause major harm.”<\/p>\n
Wray explained that the days of a lone individual sitting in their basement hacking into a computer network are long gone. He revealed that the criminal organizations today are well-run and structured, with “administrators” being the skilled coders, and “affiliates” acting as the front person negotiating bounties with the victims.<\/p>\n
The FBI is actively targeting the infrastructure of the cybercriminals in an effort to disable their servers, domains, and botnets. The agency also seeks to trace virtual currencies back to the bad actors.<\/strong><\/p>\nWray says businesses concerned with their IT susceptibility should contact their local FBI field office to learn more about how to protect their networks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The FBI Cyber Crime Division says casinos owned by Native Americans should remain on high alert for ransomware attacks. Numerous counts of cyber attacks on tribal casino resorts have been reported in recent years. But there’s been an uptick of such crime, federal officials explain. In an industry notification distributed last week to tribal casino […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":191400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16693],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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