Iranian Hackers Used Victims’ Printers to Issue Ransom Demands, DOJ Says

According to the indictment, the three alleged hackers don’t appear to be particularly sophisticated, as they exploited known vulnerabilities, and created domains that were designed to look like the websites of “legitimate, well-known,” tech companies. In some cases, the hackers used Microsoft’s own encryption technology, BitLocker, to encrypt victims’ networks and computers.

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