(ZDNet) Catalin Cimpanu - Two recent ransomware waves that targeted Israeli companies have been traced back to Iranian threat actors, multiple sources say. Hackers breached corporate networks, stole company data, encrypted files, and asked for huge payouts to deliver a decryption key using the Pay2Key and WannaScream ransomware strains. The Israeli security firm Profero said it tracked several payments Israeli companies made to Excoino, a cryptocurrency exchange based in Iran.
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