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Group Policy hijacked: PAYLOAD ransomware weaponizes Active Directory GPO

๐Ÿ“… September 27, 2026 ๐Ÿ“ฐ securelist.com ๐Ÿ” 0 CVE(s) referenced

PAYLOAD operators weaponized Active Directory Group Policy to disrupt an entire Windows domain and facilitate data extortion without deploying ransomware binaries or encrypting endpoint files, exposing a major blind spot in file- and process-centric defenses.

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