The Cl0p Ransomware Gang's Latest Target: The Harrington Company

The Cl0p ransomware gang has attacked The Harrington Company. The Harrington Company is a professional management and consultation services provider headquartered in Minnesota, USA. It was founded by Ed A. Harrington. Cl0p posted The Harrington Company to its data leak site on July 1st but provided no further details.

Understanding Cl0p's Threat

Cl0p is a major Ransomware-as-service (RaaS) platform first observed in 2019. Cl0p is a dangerous ransomware family because it has advanced anti-analysis capabilities and anti-virtual machine analysis to prevent investigations in an emulated environment like those commonly used by security tools. Cl0p is one of just a handful of threat actors that have developed a Linux version.

While Linux has a tiny footprint in desktop computing, it runs ~80% of web servers and a substantial portion of embedded devices used in the healthcare field – and this means that Cl0p is likely actively recruiting new talent to help improve their platform and expand the scope of what and whom they can attack.