Vice Society

Vice Society is a hacking group known for ransomware extortion attacks on healthcare and educational organizations. They are believed to be Russian-speaking.[1][2] They have attacked targets in both Europe[3][4] and the United States, including a major compromise of the Los Angeles Unified School District.[5]

Vice Society
TypeHacking

According to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Vice Society have not developed their own in-house attack tools, instead using the Hello Kitty/Five Hands and Zeppelin ransomware toolkits.[2]

References
  1. Newman, Lily Hay. "How Vice Society Got Away With a Global Ransomware Spree". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
  2. "Alert (AA22-249A) #StopRansomware: Vice Society". Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. September 8, 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
  3. "Internet-Erpresser veröffentlichen Gigabyte an vertraulichen Daten der Gemeinde Rolle VD" (in German). Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  4. "Wenn ein Cyberangriff eine Hochschule ausknockt" (in German). Der Spiegel. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  5. Gooding, Matthew (2022-09-26). "Vice Society claims ransomware attack that hit six UK schools in Scholars' Education Trust". Tech Monitor. Retrieved 2022-10-22.


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