Ryuk ransomware has squeezed more than $150 million from victims
The most profitable variant of ransomware on January 8, 2021, 6:52 In brief: Crime doesn't pay, so the saying goes, though the operators behind the Ryuk ransomware would probably disagree. Security researchers believe that criminals have gained more than $150 million from victims who hand over the Bitcoin ransom. Threat intelligence company Advanced Intelligence and cybersecurity firm HYAS in a joint report wrote that they tracked 61 Bitcoin wallets attributed to Ryuk ransomware. They discovered that criminals send most of the crypto to an exchange via an intermediary to...
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