Just before the New Year holidays, the World Council of Churches (WCC), headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, was attacked by ransomware, which became known when Rhysida claimed responsibility for the hack on January 5th.
A representative of the association confirmed the cyber incident to reporters this week, saying that some systems, including the WCC website, were out of order, as well as a ransom demand received from it.
The organization contacted the Swiss police and local intelligence agencies to resolve the issue and investigate. In turn, the hackers billed WCC 6 bitcoins, or about $280,000, for the stolen information.
If earlier ransomware was more interested in targets in the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology and public sectors, then, as researchers note, in recent months they have increasingly begun to attract religious organizations.
Thus, several churches were attacked, including the South Carolina-based Relentless Church and Our Sunday Visitor, a Catholic publishing company.
Threat Actor: Rhysida
Ransomware Victim: The Lutheran World Federation
Date: 2024-01-06
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