DOGETrolling Ransomware Hackers Demand 1 Trillion

pByDavey WinderppppByDavey Winderpp Senior Contributor ppThese DOGE ransowmare hackers demand a trillion dollar paymentppThe same criminal group behind the DOGE Big Balls ransomware attack has just upped the ante A newly updated ransom note is now using Elon Musk and DOGE references with a demand for are you sitting down one trillion dollars from victimsppAlthough there is no doubt that ransomware threats should be taken very seriously what with a massive surge in ransomware attacks this year new passwordcracking tools being employed to gain initial access and some very concerning political moves by big names in the extortionracket industry not all the players take themselves seriously it would seemppThe ransomware group behind the recent DOGE Big Balls threat using a variant of existing malware known as FOG and trying to pin responsibility for the attacks on a wellknown member of the Department of Government Efficiency team has just updated its ransom note As detailed in an April 21 security report by researchers Nathaniel Morales and Sarah Pearl Camiling at Trend Micro the ransomware now appears to have started trolling DOGE and Elon Musk mercilessly In reference to the nowinfamous Musk demand for federal workers to email DOGE what they had achieved leaving them fearing for their jobs if they did not comply the ransom note has been altered to readppGive me five bullet points on what you accomplished for work last week or you owe me a TRILLION dollarsppThe ransomware payload embedded in the samples has been verified as FOG ransomware the Trend Micro report warned an active ransomware family targeting both individuals and organizations As such its imperative that you do not think that just because the attackers might act like clowns the threat itself isnt seriousppIndeed the ransomware demand itself is all business We are the ones who encrypted your data and also copied some of it to our internal resource the attackers state They then advise the victim that the sooner they are contacted the sooner they can get everything resolved offering instructions on using a Tor browser to get the next stepsppThe DOGE references are not the only trolling in the updated ransom note theres also a Dont snitch now warning This could be in response to the ransomware informer platform that I have previously reported on The humor I guess thats what it is an attempt at continues with a warning from the attackers that they have grabbed your trilatitude and trilongitude the most accurate coordinates of where you live in order to prove that they are lying Not lying and not funny but not to be ignored either Report any such attacks to the FBI herep