REvil Developers Made $1 Million Deposit on Hacker forum

REvil million deposit on forum
Written by Emma Davis

Bleeping Computer journalists noticed that creators of the REvil (aka Sodinokibi) ransomware put one million dollars in bitcoins on deposit on a Russian-speaking hacker forum. Thus, hackers want to prove to potential partners that they are serious in their business.

The fact is that REvil operates according to the RaaS scheme (Ransomware-as-a-Service), that is, in this case, the malware developers are responsible for the development and support of malware, while for distribution and hacking are responsible clients and partners.

The REvil RaaS is a private operation, which means that potential affiliates are vetted and interviewed before they are allowed to join the program.explain Bleeping Computer journalists.

As a rule, with such a β€œdivision of labor”, malware developers receive a 20-30% share, while distributors receive 70-80% of the ransom.

As a reminder, REvil ransomware operators recently launched auction site to sell stolen data.

Recently, the creators of REvil announced that they are looking for new partners to distribute their ransomware programs. Hackers wrote that they are interested in working with professionals and those who have experience in the field of penetration testing.

1. Teams that already have experience and skills in penetration testing, working with msf/cs/koadic, nas/tape, hyper-v and analogues of the listed software and devices; 2. People who have experience, but do not have access to work.Bleeping Computer cites a partnership proposal from REvil.

REvil $ 1 Million deposit on forum To show potential partners the seriousness of their intentions, the developers of REvil created a deposit on the hacker forum as big as 99 bitcoins (approximately $1 million at the current exchange rate).

As it is easy to understand, this resource allows participants to deposit cryptocurrency into a wallet associated with the site. Users can not only see the size of each other’s deposits, but also use these bitcoins to make transactions through the forum.

Journalists note that the size of REvil’s deposit is a good example of how much money bring hackers ransomware attacks. Apparently, the attackers are not too worried that, in theory, the forum administration could steal such a sum from them.

Let me also remind you that IS researchers believe ‘REvil’ is GandCrab rebranding.

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Emma Davis

I'm writer and content manager (a short time ago completed a bachelor degree in Marketing from the Gustavus Adolphus College). For now, I have a deep drive to study cyber security.

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