One thing I didn't mention in the story is the potential consequences of top RU hackers being outed [...] such as interference and shakedowns from tax authorities and local police, extortion or even kidnapping for their considerable ill-gotten crypto wealth.
Is this group real ? Do they have a page where they display the victims and scenarios? Or this is just another group invented by some people to create some good stories?
Brian on Mastadon:
One thing I didn't mention in the story is the potential consequences of top RU hackers being outed [...] such as interference and shakedowns from tax authorities and local police, extortion or even kidnapping for their considerable ill-gotten crypto wealth.
Oh, the turntables...
I wonder if the article will get translated and spammed to authorities in his locality.
Might be interesting, this buymeacoffee page interviews cybercriminals: (https://buymeacoffee.com/insidedarknet/posts)
I am shocked, shocked I say, that the head of a ransomware as a service group is based in Russia.
Is this group real ? Do they have a page where they display the victims and scenarios? Or this is just another group invented by some people to create some good stories?
You can find the link to the victims leaks page and screenshots of it working right here:
https://www.ransomlook.io/group/the%20gentlemen
They appear genuinely prolific.
Alexander Yapaev, alias Hastalamuerte, orchestrates a dark digital extortion empire.
These guys must be having a lot of fun running penetration tests with unrestricted AI models.
With enough full access AI running at a company, all they have to do is insert their own unguardrailed AI into the org...
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