Snatch attacks Intech
Incident Date:
October 16, 2023
Overview
Title
Snatch attacks Intech
Victim
Intech
Attacker
Snatch
Location
First Reported
October 16, 2023
The Snatch Ransomware Gang's Attack on Intech
The Snatch ransomware gang has attacked Intech. Intech is an IT and telecom solutions provider headquartered in Richardson, Texas, USA. Snatch posted all 14GB of data stolen from Intech to its data leak site on October 16th. Snatch is a RaaS first emerged way back in 2018 but did not become significantly active until 2021.
How Snatch Operates
Snatch can evade security tools and deletes Volume Shadow Copies to prevent rollbacks and any local Windows backups to thwart recovery. There has also been a Linux version observed. Snatch attack volume has been modest compared to leading ransomware operators but is on pace to increase about 50% in 2023 compared to 2022 levels.
Snatch ransom demands are relatively low compared to leading ransomware operators, ranging from several thousand to tens of thousands of dollars. Snatch is written in Go and is somewhat unique in that the ransomware reboots in safe mode to make sure the security tools are not running. Persistence and privilege escalation are not byproducts of the reboot.
Tools and Tactics
Snatch abuses legitimate tools like Process Hacker, Uninstaller, IObit, BCDEDIT, PowerTool, and PsExec. Snatch deletes Volume Shadow Copies to prevent encryption rollbacks. Snatch targeting varies widely based on their affiliates' preferences.
Snatch is one of the more traditional RaaS platforms, where most of the targeting and attack sequence structure is left to the individual affiliates, including whether to exfiltrate data for double extortion.
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