Picus summarizes the joint CISA advisory on Play ransomware, a financially motivated group first observed in June 2022 that had compromised nearly 300 organizations worldwide by late 2023. The article describes Play's initial access through exploited public-facing assets, exposed RDP/VPN services, and compromised valid accounts, including vulnerabilities such as OWASSRF, ProxyNotShell, and FortiOS CVE-2018-13379/CVE-2020-12812. Inside victim networks, Play operators use tools including AdFind, BloodHound, Cobalt Strike, GMER, Mimikatz, WinPEAS, SystemBC, and PsExec for discovery, defense evasion, credential access, lateral movement, and exfiltration. The ransomware uses RSA-AES hybrid encryption with intermittent file encryption and appends a .play extension, while operators conduct double extortion by stealing data and threatening publication.