The FBI water-sector PLC alert and the Barracuda ransomware breach at supplier Micro-Comm landed a day apart. The evidence says they are not the same story.
Neringa Macijauskaitė
Neringa Macijauskaitė
Neringa Macijauskaitė is an information security researcher covering threat intelligence and cybercrime for Ransomnews. She has worked as an information security researcher, conducting threat intelligence investigations, tracking emerging cyber threats, and monitoring for exposed systems and online vulnerabilities. She is also part of the crew behind BSides Vilnius, the community-run security conference in Lithuania.
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