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REvil Ransom Arrest, $6M Seizure, and $10M Reward

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million in cryptocurrency sent to another REvil affiliate, and that the U.S. Prosecutors say Vasinskyi was involved in a number of REvil ransomware attacks, including the July 2021 attack against Kaseya , Miami-based company whose products help system administrators manage large networks remotely. 3 was Lublin, Poland.

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How Did Authorities Identify the Alleged Lockbit Boss?

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This post examines the activities of Khoroshev’s many alter egos on the cybercrime forums, and tracks the career of a gifted malware author who has written and sold malicious code for the past 14 years. was used by a Russian-speaking member called Pin on the English-language cybercrime forum Opensc. Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev.

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Ransomware Gangs and the Name Game Distraction

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Reinvention is a basic survival skill in the cybercrime business. REvil’s last big victim was Kaseya , a Miami-based company whose products help system administrators manage large networks remotely. Indeed, some of the most destructive and costly ransomware groups are now in their third incarnation. Image: FBI.