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SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - About a year ago, the U.S. security firm Palo Alto Networks began to hear from a flurry of companies that had been hacked in ways that weren't the norm for cybercriminals.
Native English-speaking hackers would call up a target company's information technology helpdesk posing as an employee, and seek login details by pretending to have lost theirs. They had all the employee information needed to sound convincing.
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Known by a variety of names to security firms, including Scattered Spider, the group is tied to a Telegram account that boasted last week of the MGM hack, which as of Thursday was still keeping many services offline.
They moved from cryptocurrency thefts to targeting businesses that provide third-party business functions such as help desks and call center staffing, allowing them to infiltrate networks of many customers.
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Many previously isolated OT networks, like manufacturing, processing, distribution, and inventory management, have now been woven into larger IT networks. (John Maddison)
Sony cyberattack: Ransomedvc hackers say firm is not paying up
Ransomedvc wrote on its blog that it had "successfully compromised all of Sony's systems", but added: "We won't ransom them!"
The gang alleges that Sony has refused to pay to retrieve the data, and says it plans to sell it instead. It is threatening to release the allegedly stolen information on 28 September.
Sony investigates cyberattack as hackers fight over who's responsible
Sony says that it is investigating allegations of a cyberattack this week as different hackers have stepped up to claim responsibility for the purported hack.
While claims of attacking Sony's systems were initially made by an extortion group called RansomedVC, a different threat actor has touted themselves to be the attackers and refuted RansomedVC's claims.
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