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Coming soon: ransomware with subscription business model
by ffhhj 5y ago
Coming soon: ransomware with subscription business model
- xrd 5y agoI up voted you for the lulz, but I'm actually unsure if this isn't the basic "legitimate" business model for everyone anyway.
- earleybird 5y agoI'm not so unsure - that's what make's it funny
- Scoundreller 5y ago“Up next on ‘You Won’t Believe It’, viruses were created by the antivirus industry”
- hindsightbias 5y agoThat's already a thing "SCHWIRTZ: What DarkSide does is they're a ransomware creator. So they create the program that is uploaded into a victim's computer system that locks down their data. But what they do is they basically contract out to these affiliates who are other hackers. And these are the people that are responsible for actually penetrating the victim's computer services. And what they do is operate basically on a subscription service. You, as an affiliate, can sign on to DarkSide services, in which case you get access to their malware, their ransomware to use for a fee that operates on a sliding scale depending upon the size of the ransom." https://www.npr.org/2021/06/10/1005093802/inner-workings-of-darkside-cybergang-reveal-its-run-like-any-other-business https://www.npr.org/2021/06/10/1005093802/inner-workings-of-...
- dragonwriter 5y agoI think they meant the ransom as a subscription service, not malware to franchisees as a service.
- joe_the_user 5y agoYeah, the data remains permanently encrypted but you can access it. You pay X dollars per month for that access. They even provide protection against other gangs as well as offsite "backup" themselves. Plus your business can be an infection vector for other enterprises and individuals. The actual fees start low...