VMware ESXi servers impacted by Abyss Locker for Linux ransomware attacks

BleepingComputer reports that VMware ESXi servers have been subjected to attacks involving a Linux version of the Abyss Locker ransomware, making the ransomware operation, which only emerged in March, to be the latest to target VMware ESXi with a Linux encryptor, following the Akira, Black Basta, LockBit, Royal, REvil, and Hive ransomware groups, among others.

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