Talos Takes Ep. #40: Takeaways from interviewing a ransomware operator
Summary: In this episode of Talos Takes, two authors of a recent Cisco Talos research paper on the LockBit ransomware discuss what they learned from speaking directly to the actor. They cover how the operator chooses targets and what defenders should take away from the paper.
Why it matters: The paper's findings rest on direct conversations with a LockBit operator about how targets are selected, giving defenders a first-hand account of the decision process behind the attacks rather than an outside inference.
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