Google Shares Findings on Ransomware Hacker Group

Google Shares Findings on Ransomware Hacker Group
The Google logo is displayed at the entrance hall of Google France in Paris on Nov. 18, 2019. Michel Euler/AP Photo
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Alphabet Inc.’s Google detected a group of ransomware hackers trying to breach companies in 2021, exploiting a vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.’s Windows.

The group sent over 5,000 malicious emails a day to up to 650 global organizations, often leveraging a flaw in MSHTML. Microsoft issued a security fix for the Windows vulnerability in late 2021.