DOJ seizes $2.3M in cryptocurrency paid to the ransomware extortionists Darkside

Re:DOJ seizes $2.3M in cryptocurrency paid to the ransomware... by majormajor on Monday June 07, 2021 @07:17PM (#27428592)

There's been some reporting of basically a new version of that for the modern "as a service" times, like here https://www.zdnet.com/article/darkside-the-ransomware-group-...

> According to FireEye, affiliates are required to pay up to 25% of ransom payments under $500,000, and 10% of any successful extortion attempts over $5 million.

So the ransomware authors might not always be the people collecting the initial payments. Although according to the press release here, it was siezed from the DarkSide group itself? So it's still a bit confusing.

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Re:DOJ seizes $2.3M in cryptocurrency paid to the ransomware... by Ekaros on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @06:14AM (#27432716)

Question really becomes where did that group get the software from? It could be multiple levels of indirection such as people hired to develop the stuff aren't really connected to activities. They might just as well be contractors not so well paid...

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