.The RansomHub ransomware group is actually strongly believed to become behind the assault on oil giant Halliburton, and the US government has provided an advisory paying attention to the cybercrime gang.Halliburton, looked at the planet's second largest oil solution company, disclosed on August 21 in an SEC declaring that an unapproved 3rd party had actually gotten to some of its own units.While no specialized particulars were actually revealed, the case reaction actions defined due to the firm suggested that it may have been actually targeted in a ransomware strike..Considering that the event came to light, there have actually been actually a number of unofficial documents that RansomHub lags the Halliburton incident, featuring coming from reliable ransomware analyst Dominic Alvieri..On Reddit, a few anonymous individuals stated RansomHub being behind the strike, with one professing that information was stolen and also the cybercriminals had actually been actually requiring a $forty five million ransom.Bleeping Computer also disclosed on Thursday that RansomHub is behind the Halliburton strike, based on some red flags of compromise (IoCs).RansomHub's leak web site performs not discuss Halliburton at the time of writing, which proposes that-- if they are actually indeed behind the attack-- the cybercriminals are actually still in discussions along with the firm.Halliburton has actually not made public any kind of information past its first declaration as well as SEC declaring. SecurityWeek has actually communicated to the firm for confirmation that it was actually targeted due to the RansomHub ransomware team as well as will update this write-up if the provider responds.Advertisement. Scroll to carry on reading.The cybersecurity agency CISA, the FBI, the HHS and also the Multi-State Information Discussing and Evaluation Center (MS-ISAC) on Thursday released a joint advisory detailing RansomHub strikes.The advising defines the strategies, methods and operations (TTPs) utilized in RansomHub assaults and reveals IoCs that could be made use of to identify and also avoid breaches..According to the government firms, the RansomHub operation has secured and also exfiltrated data coming from at the very least 210 preys due to the fact that its own inception in February 2024..RansomHub's Tor-based leakage website presently details 180 targets, but the United States federal government is actually very likely aware of added victims..The government advisory mentions that RansomHub victims are actually coming from various essential framework industries, featuring water, IT, federal government solutions as well as locations, health care, emergency solutions, monetary services, food items and also agriculture, office locations, essential manufacturing, interactions, as well as transport..The consultatory, nonetheless, carries out certainly not discuss preys in the power industry, that includes oil providers. This shows that the time of the advisory might certainly not be actually connected to the Halliburton strike.Associated: United States Broadcast Relay League Paid Off $1 Thousand to Ransomware Gang.Related: Ransomware Group Leaks Information Purportedly Stolen From Silicon Chip Technology.