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This Ransomware Comes With Its Own Affiliate Program

cointelegraph.com

Speaking with Cointelegraph, Tarik Saleh, senior security engineer and malware researcher at DomainTools, commented on the affiliate scheme used within the ransomware: “Malware authors are looking to make profits with as low of a risk as possible and the RaaS / affiliate model does just that. While Bitcoin is the preferred method of payment for this particular ransomware, Saleh has witnessed a change in that trend in recent months.

Saleh believes that the ransomware’s developers are Russian due to the fact that they only sell to Russian language speaking customers on Russian marketplaces. This unspoken arrangement seemingly allows Russian ransomware authors to operate with a very low risk of punishment, Saleh added.

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