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Ransomware Gangs Don’t Need PR Help

Summary: Krebs on Security argues that tech news outlets and cybersecurity firms are amplifying ransomware claims based largely on the word of the gangs themselves, with more than a dozen ransomware crews now running their own blogs to publish teaser screenshots and stolen documents. Krebs writes that the goal of these teasers is to pressure victims into paying, and that several gangs have begun demanding two ransoms: one for a decryption key and a second to keep stolen data unpublished.

What you should know: The extortion model now runs on publicity, and every outlet or firm that repeats a gang's blog post without confirmation from the victim supplies that pressure for free. A second ransom demand for silence means the decryption key alone no longer closes the incident.

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Data Breaches
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