Cybercriminals are charging anything from $500 to $7,000 for access to organizations’ computers and morals appear to have gone out the window, as Doctors Without Borders and a U.S. hospital are targeted.
They’re called access brokers: hackers who find ways onto business or government computers and open up backdoors, charging others for entry. Typical buyers include cybercriminals wielding ransomware, the malware that’s been a scourge for global businesses and governments in recent months. For the sellers, advertising their breaches in the dark forums of the internet, morals don’t come into the equation when profit is all that matters.
Médecins Sans Frontières confirmed it was the target of a cyberattack but believes it has avoided any serious breach of its data. A Médecins Sans Frontières spokesperson said the attack did not ultimately have any impact on its operations. “Fortunately, this attack has had no impact on MSF, either financial or related to our medical humanitarian operations.
Also in the last month, for just $800, the username and password for an account at the John C. Fremont hospital, a small facility in Mariposa, California, was on offer by hackers on encrypted messenger chats. Holden says it was bought, although the hospital’s IT manager toldhe had found “no intrusion.” They did, however, confirm the hackers had acquired a legitimate login of an IT employee. The hospital wasn’t sure how, as it continues to investigate.
Amongst other alleged victims reviewed by Holden included a water treatment facility in Europe and a water management facility in Florida, thoughThe hacks show the diversity of breaches being perpetrated at the hands of access brokers, something that’s borne out in aahead of publication. Looking across advertisements posted since 2019, the research shows the U.S. is far and away the most targeted nation, with over 50% of access broker hacks tracked by CrowdStrike targeting American entities.
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