Blockchain transactions confirm murky and interconnected ransomware scene
The report analyzed how Bitcoin funds were transferred from victims to criminal groups, and how the money was divided among different parties involved in the ransomware attack, and how it was eventually laundered. But to understand these dynamics, a short intro into the current ransomware scene is needed. Today, the ransomware landscape is very similar to how modern businesses operate. There are coders who create and rent the actual ransomware strain via services called RaaS -- or Ransomware-as-a-Service -- similar to how most modern software is provided today. Some RaaS operators rent their ...
Source: zdnet.com