The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are warning organizations of a new snail mail scam from threat actors purporting to be part of the BianLian ransomware gang aimed at extorting business executives, according to Cybernews.
Attacks involved the distribution of letters stamped with a "Time Sensitive Read Immediately" message and a return address of BianLian from Boston, Massachusetts.
The letter alleges the compromise of corporate networks and thousands of sensitive files that would be exposed should the executives refuse to pay ransoms ranging from $250,000 to $500,000 within 10 days, said the FBI.
This type of scheme should prompt organizations to strengthen their threat defense systems and bolster employee education efforts, the FBI added. BianLian, which is suspected of being based in Russia, has compromised nearly 140 organizations during the past year, including Nippon Steel, the U.S. Better Business Bureau, and Affiliated Dermatologists, according to Cybernews' Ransomlooker tool.
