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NS National Rifle Association It is facing a growing cyber headache caused by attackers who claim to steal data and people who manipulate social media to spread bad news.

Grief, a ransomware gang affiliated with Russia, NRA last week as a victim and on a website that Grief used to leak data, he posted information he allegedly received from the gun rights group.

News of the attack spread rapidly online, as large numbers of Twitter accounts without followers tried to amplify content related to the attack by retweeting it.

The accounts were created in the last six months and did not follow anyone, but they did share content containing information about the cyberattack, including posts from The Washington Times linking to a news report. brett callow, an Emsisoft threat analyst who posted a screenshot of Grief’s website.

When asked about the activity of the new accounts, Twitter said it was being investigated and subsequently crashed “a large number of accounts that violated our platform manipulation and spam policy.”

Twitter did not provide details about who was responsible for the manipulative behavior, including whether the accounts were linked to the group claiming credit for the attack. NRA.

Whether it is or not NRA It remains unclear whether he was the victim of a politically motivated hacking.NRA activists may try to exploit the exploits of cybercriminals.

Mr. callow said he they initially assumed that their Twitter account was the work of Grief, who was trying to put pressure on people. NRA other similar social media activities, but focused on anti-anti-NRA content that leads he concluding that more than one actor may be responsible NRAongoing cyber troubles.

Cybersecurity experts, including Mr. Callow, called Grief to Russia-based Evil Corp., which the U.S. Department of the Treasury approved in 2019. associated with.

Grief briefly lifted NRA from the website, which led some experts to question whether it existed. NRA paid ransom to his attackers.

Jon DiMaggio, chief security strategist at cyber threat analytics provider Analyst1, said Grief NRA There may be evidence that you bought it from the website. NRA paid.

But NRA According to a screenshot posted by Bay, the listing on Grief’s leaked website was seen Monday with a file labeled “corporate insurance”, among other documents. callow.

“Insurance documents are beneficial for ransomware operators as they effectively determine how much organizations can pay, no matter what their balance sheet looks like,” he said. callow tweeted.

NS NRA did not respond to requests for comment.

Last week, NRA He tweeted that he would not discuss physical or electronic security issues.