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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced this week that they have observed an “increase in highly impactful ransomware attacks occurring on holidays and weekends.” The REvil ransomware gang knocked JBS Foods’ operations offline over the U.S. Memorial Day weekend. REvil struck again over the U.S. Fourth of July holiday weekend, launching a ransomware attack targeting Kaseya, which had a cascading effect on Kaseya’s managed service provider customers and their clients. It’s not coincidental that these attacks transpired over holiday weekends. Attackers know that it’s difficult for security teams to quickly respond…
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