WDEF-TV, which is a CBS-affiliated TV station based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was claimed to have been compromised by the Lynx ransomware-as-a-service operation, according to Cybernews.
While additional details regarding the stolen information were lacking, Lynx posted data samples that seemed to be confidential agreements with WDEF-TV employees on its data leak site. WDEF-TV has yet to acknowledge Lynx's assertions. Such a development comes as Lynx which was first identified in the middle of last year and previously declared that it would not target government, healthcare, and non-profit organizations was discovered by Cybernews' Ransomlooker tool to have taken responsibility for attacks against 196 organizations. Energy and retail entities in the Middle East and Asia-Pacific have been targeted by the RaaS gang in its attacks, according to a report from Darktrace's Threat Research team. Another analysis from Unit 42 researchers showed substantial source code similarities between Lynx's payload and the INC ransomware variant.
While additional details regarding the stolen information were lacking, Lynx posted data samples that seemed to be confidential agreements with WDEF-TV employees on its data leak site. WDEF-TV has yet to acknowledge Lynx's assertions. Such a development comes as Lynx which was first identified in the middle of last year and previously declared that it would not target government, healthcare, and non-profit organizations was discovered by Cybernews' Ransomlooker tool to have taken responsibility for attacks against 196 organizations. Energy and retail entities in the Middle East and Asia-Pacific have been targeted by the RaaS gang in its attacks, according to a report from Darktrace's Threat Research team. Another analysis from Unit 42 researchers showed substantial source code similarities between Lynx's payload and the INC ransomware variant.
