# Ransomware Gang Arrested for Spreading Locky to Hospitals

**[threatpost.com/ransomware-gang-arrested-locky-hospitals/155842/](https://threatpost.com/ransomware-gang-arrested-locky-hospitals/155842/)**

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Microsoft Word also leveraged in the email campaign, which uses a 22-year-old Office RCE
bug. [https://t.co/pr5jq08fPx](https://t.co/pr5jq08fPx)

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Four arrested? Where's the fifth one? Or was it just randomly that they named
themselves pentaguard? Maybe the fifth one is negotiating a contract with some
government instead of being prosecuted?

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