In April last year, a “high-level manager” of FIN7, Fedir Hladyr, was even sentenced to 10 years of prison in the U.S. Heto charges that included wire fraud and computer hacking. However, the group can be “difficult to pin down”.
Sure, in theory, we would think that we would never do anything as stupid as sticking an unknown USB stick in our own computers. However, studies have shown that. Researchers dropped about 300 USB drives around the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus. Out of all the dropped drives, a full 48% were picked up, plugged in and explored.
Sending a USB via snail mail also doesn’t normally get in a cyber investigation. The USB method to hack into a device isn’t new, either. In fact, FIN7 reportedly mailed an organisation in the hospitality sector a USB device and a purported Best Buy gift card in February 2020. If you’re ever sent a suspicious USB out of nowhere, it’s best that you don’t try to stick it into your computer—even if you are a little curious.
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