Warnings After New Valencia Ransomware Group Strikes Businesses and Leaks Data

A new ransomware operation has started to leak information it claims has been stolen from organisations it has compromised around the world. In recent days Valencia Ransomware has posted on its dark web leak site’s so-called “Wall of shame” links to gigabytes of downloadable information that has seemingly been exfiltrated from a Californian municipality, a pharmaceutical firm, and a paper manufacturer. The alleged victims include the City of Pleasanton in California (where the attacker claims to have stolen 283GB of sensitive information), Malaysian pharmaceutical firm Duopharma Biotech (25…