Ransomware gangs are complaining that other crooks are stealing their ransoms

Re:Ransomware gangs are complaining that other crooks are st... by wepple on Sunday October 03, 2021 @09:26AM (#28737010)

This is really common, not just keyboards but time zone settings and even geo IP lookup.

The effort required to make your enterprise look like it’s in Russia is definitely not worth the effort given that this would only stop one slice of organized crime.

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Re:Ransomware gangs are complaining that other crooks are st... by sysihyk on Sunday October 03, 2021 @04:14PM (#28740155)

This implies there Russian Conspiracy members are actually caring about their domestic cybercrime which is clearly not true.

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Re:Ransomware gangs are complaining that other crooks are st... by hnlmorg on Sunday October 03, 2021 @05:46PM (#28740784)

They do care. That's the point. Russian's largely have a free pass to attack international targets provided they do not hit domestic targets.

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Re:Ransomware gangs are complaining that other crooks are st... by sysihyk on Monday October 04, 2021 @03:51AM (#28744195)

There is no evidence to back this claim.

Instead, there are stats indicating that The Mother Of All Hoaxes definitely ISN'T safe haven infosec-wise.

Additionally, Krebs completely forgot what there is war between Ukraine and Russia, so there are no reasons for such alleged protective measures any more.

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