CyberVolk Claims Breach of U.S. Geological Survey Database

Threat Actor: CyberVolk | CyberVolk
Victim: U.S. Geological Survey | U.S. Geological Survey
Price: $2 million in Bitcoin
Exfiltrated Data Type: Sensitive database information

Key Points :

  • CyberVolk claims to have compromised the entire database of the USGS.
  • The group is demanding a payment of $2 million in Bitcoin to prevent the public release of sensitive data.
  • CyberVolk plans to leak 10% of the stolen information as proof of the hack.
  • The remaining database will be sold unless their demands are met.
  • The breach was announced on CyberVolk’s Telegram channel.

Threat actor under the moniker “CyberVolk” claims to have compromised the entire database of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and is now demanding a payment of $2 million in Bitcoin to prevent the public release of sensitive data.

The alleged breach was announced on CyberVolk’s Telegram channel, where the group stated that it had gained full access to the USGS’s data. According to the post, the group plans to leak 10% of the stolen information soon as proof of the hack. The rest of the database would be sold unless their demands are met.

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