FBI issues alert on ‘Conti’ ransomware threat

May 21, 2021 - 12:51 PM
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The FBI yesterday issued an alert on “Conti,” a ransomware variant identified in at least 16 attacks targeting U.S. health care and first responder networks in the past year. 

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