Russian Ransomware Brokers Scam Victims

guest · Dec 4, 2018

Russian Ransomware Brokers Scam Victims
December 4, 2018
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/russian-ransomware-brokers-scam/

Security researchers have discovered cybersecurity scammers in Russia are generating hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits by falsely claiming to be able to unlock encrypted files.

Check Point explained that one ‘IT consultancy’ named Dr Shifro is promising customers it can help them recover from ransomware like Dharma/Crisis, for which there is no known decryption key.
In reality, the firm pays the ransomware author a fee and then passes the cost on to the customer at a 75%+ margin, acting more as a broker than an IT consultancy.

Researchers believe that, from the correspondence between Dr Shifro and the ransomware creators that they were able to obtain, the former also tries to negotiate a discount from the ransomware author to further increase its margins, a spokesperson told Infosecurity.
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Floyd 57 · Dec 4, 2018

I wonder when companies will learn to backup their data

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