https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/researchers-largest-ransomware/
Zscaler warns of copycat attacks after revealing one ransomware victim paid $75m
Paying ransoms like this, should be illegal. These assholes just made it worse for everybody else.
“ Security researchers have discovered the largest ever publicly known ransomware payment and warned that multiple threat actors may look to copy the tactics of the Dark Angels group that received it.”
I was talking to a friend recently and was pondering if the uptick in random ransomware attacks on companies is in part due to some of them quietly paying.
They really shouldn’t be paying. But, individual situations are complicated.