Hackers preparing to launch ransomware attacks against hospitals arrested in Romania

Hackers were planning to use COVID-19-themed emails to infect Romanian hospitals with ransomware and disrupt operations.

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Romanian law enforcement has cracked down today on a hacker group that was preparing to launch ransomware attacks on Romanian hospitals.
Three hackers were arrested and had their homes searched in Romania and a fourth in the Republic of Moldova.
Romanian authorities said the four were members of a hacking group that went online as PentaGuard.
Romania's Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) said the group's members owned malware such as remote access trojans and ransomware, and hacking tools to perform website defacements...

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