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This is according to cybersecurity researchers fromMicrosoft, who recently detailed their newest findings in an X thread.
Unfortunately, Microsoft did not say which organizations Vanilla Tempest targeted, or how successful it was.
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Vanilla Tempest, or Vice Society, is a threat actor thats been active since mid-2022.
In some cases, Microsoft added, the group skips the encryption part altogether and just steals the data.
“Unfortunately, as expected, data was recently released by a criminal organization, LAUSD said soon after.
In partnership with law enforcement, our experts are analyzing the full extent of this data release.
The identity of the hackers is unknown to this day.
ViaThe Hacker News
