As speculated in the report published by Swascan analysing ransomware activity in January-March 2022, ransomware was also confirmed as the number one threat in the global computer security landscape in Q2 of the same year.

The second quarter of 2022 actually shows how ransomware gangs remained “enemy number one” in terms of threats and continued their operations, despite increased pressure on them from law enforcement agencies. In this respect, one particular case is the Conti gang, which will be analysed later.

In this context, Swascan’s SOC undertook a profile analysis of victims targeted by criminal hacker gangs. In particular, by means of specific OSINT & CLOSINT research, data were collected concerning the victims of the 15 most active ransomware gangs in the second quarter of 2022.

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