Novel FakePenny ransomware deployed by North Korean hacking group

Attacks with the new FakePenny ransomware variant have been conducted by North Korean threat operation Moonstone Sleet, formerly tracked as Storm-1789, with one of the incidents netting a demand of $6.6 million worth of Bitcoin, BleepingComputer reports.

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