NEW: The USTreasury added several bitcoin addresses allegedly tied to ransomware attacks, alongside nearly a dozen Iranian individuals, to its sanctions list Wednesday. nikhileshde realDannyNelson report
The U.S. Treasury Department added nine individuals and six bitcoin addresses to its blacklist Wednesday, under its “cyber-related designations” bucket.
The individuals are part of a hacker group that targeted hospitals, transportation companies and schools with ransomware, Treasury officials said in a press statement. It further accused the group of mounting a cyber attack against a rural electric utility company in October 2021.
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