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126: REvil

Darknet Diaries

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Is Your Website a Ransomware Group?

Ransomware is a type of software that encrypts files and then leaks them. It can be used to blackmail companies into paying up for their data back. But if you don't pay the ransom, they will flood your website with so much traffic it's unusable. The message says: "We have around 80 gigabytes of your company data encrypted on your servers"

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