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The financially motivated group is combining vishing, IT impersonation, and in-person office intrusions to steal data and extort victims.
The FBI warned that the extortion gang Silent Ransom Group is targeting law firms and social-engineering its way into servers and databases.
The non-ransomware extortion group has switched up tactics and victimology in a deliberate and focused campaign similar to those of other attackers focused on stealing sensitive data.
Though the group initially stuck to classic ransomware TTPs before demanding the ransom, it went off script when it began threatening the group and detailing potential consequences the victim would face.
The letters mimic typical ransom notes and threaten to delete or leak compromised data if payments aren't made, though none of the organizations that received them had active ransomware attacks.
The ShinyHunters attackers are skipping selling stolen data on hacker forums in favor of using deadline-driven ransom notes for financial gain.
The highest ransom demanded by threat actors this year so far was nearly 20 times last year's average.
A ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the attack, though it is unknown if a ransom was demanded or paid.
Threat actors leave medical centers with the difficult choice of paying the ransom or witnessing patients suffer the consequences.