Medusa ransomware is dangerous enough that the FBI sent a 15-page memo warning people and entire industries. The agency says hundreds of victims have been reported and entire fields, from medicine to education and technology to manufacturing have been hit.

Medusa ransomware now operates as a RaaS model, recruiting affiliates from criminal forums to launch attacks, encrypt data, and extort victims worldwide.

Government officials sounded the alarm over the growing threat of ransomware attacks. The FBI and U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued a joint cybersecurity advisory about