The FBI has sounded the alarm for Gmail and Microsoft Outlook users about a malicious program known as Medusa, which has hijacked the data of hundreds of victims.This ransomware has ensnared over 300 individuals across "critical infrastructure sectors,

Medusa demands a ransom payment of thousands alongside a threat of releasing embarrassing information to the public.

The FBI, MS-ISAC and CISA released a joint cybersecurity advisory about the Medusa ransomware variant, advising people and organizations to use multifactor authentication and other strategies to prevent attacks from the ransomware-as-a-service provider that has targeted hundreds since 2021.