{"id":31662,"date":"2021-10-27T23:21:30","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T23:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=31662"},"modified":"2021-10-27T23:22:23","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T23:22:23","slug":"big-trouble-for-moose-and-squirrel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=31662","title":{"rendered":"Big Trouble For Moose And Squirrel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:3462,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.foxnews.com\\\/politics\\\/ransomware-gang-targeted-nra&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:3463,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.foxnews.com\\\/category\\\/world\\\/world-regions\\\/russia&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:2728,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.foxnews.com\\\/category\\\/us\\\/personal-freedoms\\\/second-amendment&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260411070818\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.foxnews.com\\\/category\\\/us\\\/personal-freedoms\\\/second-amendment&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-16 03:37:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-20 12:54:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-24 04:33:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-28 15:04:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-28 15:04:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:3464,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/therecord.media\\\/ransomware-gang-claims-attack-on-nra&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:3465,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/home.treasury.gov\\\/news\\\/press-releases\\\/sm845&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:3466,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/twitter.com\\\/NRA\\\/status\\\/1453453542170284042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Boris Badenov aka Grief Gang aka Russian hackers have targeted the NRA with ransomware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/ransomware-gang-targeted-nra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">From Fox News:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>A ransomware gang believed to operate out of&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Russia<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>says it hacked the National Rifle Association, the most powerful&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/personal-freedoms\/second-amendment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gun<strong>&#8211;<\/strong>rights<\/a>&nbsp;group in the United States.<\/p><p>The gang, which calls itself Grief, published a handful of what appear to be the NRA files on a dark web site. The files, reviewed by The Associated Press, relate to grants the NRA has awarded. Ransomware gangs often post a victim\u2019s files publicly in hopes of spurring them to pay out a ransom.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/therecord.media\/ransomware-gang-claims-attack-on-nra\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Record posted<\/a><\/strong> the following screen shot of some of the items the Grief Gang supposedly has stolen from NRA servers. Grief Gang is reported to have posted 13 files from the ones that they illegally downloaded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Grief-NRA-1024x574-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Grief-NRA-1024x574-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Grief-NRA-1024x574-1-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Grief-NRA-1024x574-1-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Grief-NRA-1024x574-1-640x359.png 640w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Grief-NRA-1024x574-1-940x527.png 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NBC repor<\/strong>ts that this is the same gang that are under sanction by the US government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>While paying any ransomware hacker is a risk, Grief is particularly tricky. Cybersecurity experts widely believe Grief is a rebranded effort by a group of Russian cybercriminals who previously used the nickname Evil Corp, which is currently&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/sm845\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">under sanctions<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>by the U.S. Treasury Department.<\/p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s the same group,&#8221; said Allan Liska, a ransomware analyst at the cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Liska went on to say that given the troubles the NRA faces right now that he suspects their cybersecurity team is probably in disarray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only official response from the NRA is a tweet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cNRA does not discuss matters relating to its physical or electronic security. However, the NRA takes extraordinary measures to protect information regarding its members, donors, and operations \u2013 and is vigilant in doing so.\u201d\u2013Andrew Arulanandam, managing dir., NRA Public Affairs<\/p>\u2014 NRA (@NRA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NRA\/status\/1453453542170284042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 27, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>I think this photo of Wayne from the <strong>South China Pos<\/strong>t pretty much sums it up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Wayne-L-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Wayne-L-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Wayne-L-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Wayne-L-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Wayne-L-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Wayne-L-940x627.jpg 940w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Wayne-L-440x294.jpg 440w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Wayne-L.jpg 1098w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Somehow I don&#8217;t think Bill Brewer is going to get him out of this one.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boris Badenov aka Grief Gang aka Russian hackers have targeted the NRA with ransomware. From Fox News: A ransomware&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5824,5823,26,5826,5825],"class_list":["post-31662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-grief-gang","tag-hackers","tag-nra","tag-ransomware","tag-russians"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31662"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31667,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31662\/revisions\/31667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}