U.S., Australian Government Agencies Warn of Play Ransomware Attacks

The Play ransomware group has successfully infected at least 300 organizations as of October, according to a new joint cybersecurity advisory this week by U.S. and Australian government agencies, which sought to highlight Indicators of Compromise (IoC) and tactics associated with the group.

The Play ransomware group emerged in June 2022 and since then has launched double extortion attacks against a number of U.S.-based organizations, including the city of Oakland, Calif., and a number of managed service providers. In Australia, …

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