New data extortion email campaign copying ransomware gang techniques

The Avast Threat Labs have identified a new data extortion scam targeting companies. The scam is designed to look like it’s coming from a ransomware or data extortion cyber gang and is sent via email to employees of different companies, addressing them by their full name.

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