Ransomware Gang REvil Vanishes From Web After Biden Warning (bloomberg.com) 71
The Russia-linked ransomware gang REvil has seemingly vanished from the dark web, where it maintains several pages documenting its activities including one called the "happy blog." From a report: It's not yet known if the sites were down temporarily or if the group -- or law enforcement -- took its websites offline. "It's too early too tell, but I've never seen ALL of their infrastructure offline like this," said Allan Liska, senior threat analyst at cybersecurity firm Recorded Future, in a text message. "I can't find any of their infrastructure online. Their extortion page is gone, all of their payment portals are offline, as is their chat function." Liska said the websites went offline around 1 a.m. Eastern time. The sudden outage comes just days after President Joe Biden said he pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin to act against hackers in his country blamed for recent ransomware attacks.
This story link is ransomware (Score:1)
Why do you keep posting links to PAYWALLED stories? Post the text in the summery or find a better source.
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Because most people who read here are bright enough to bypass a paywall. Since I'm in a good mood today here is an archived mirror https://archive.is/aU5zN [archive.is]
Does anyone see the irony in this? (Score:3)
Of bypassing a paywall to read an article on a ransomware gang?
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I don't like paywalled articles either, but stop with the faux-outrage that someone else wants to charge you for looking at THEIR content and equating it to someone trying to charge you to get back YOUR content. They're the same thing to the degree that consensual sex and rape are the same thing. Eg, they're not.
Re:Does anyone see the irony in this? (Score:5, Informative)
He's not sad paywalls exist, he's sad that the paywall version is being linked to, instead of any of the other versions with no such hassle. This is criticism of slashdot, and the comment section is a totally perfect place for it.
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No bypassing necessary. Opened fine in a Private Window.
The Russia-linked ransomware gang REvil has seemingly vanished from the dark web, where it maintains several pages documenting its activities including one called the “happy blog.”
It’s not yet known if the sites were down temporarily or if the group -- or law enforcement -- took its websites offline.
“It’s too early too tell, but I’ve never seen ALL of their infrastructure offline like this,” said Allan Liska, s
Re: worked for me (Score:2)
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Or we could just sit down and talk (Score:2)
There's even a name for the ones that escape the propaganda mills, Dirt Road Democrats.
The only tricky part is giving them alternative media sources so they don't
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Maybe they just get tired of discussing things with someone that assumes they are racist and just tells you what you want to hear.
I'm a strong conservatives (and if you saw my family you'd realize how laughable the idea of me being a "die hard racist" is), but when I talk with my fiancée's family, I make sure to only talk positively (or non-committedly) about policies they support and avoid anything they might find objectionable - which is basically anything they don't agree with.
I don't think you're a conservative (Score:2)
I'm not talking "values". They'll let you have whatever social issues you care about. But do those really matter?
Also, you should look up Beau of the Fifth Column. You're immediately jumped to assuming I was calling you a racists. Why is that? Who gains by you being in such a strong defensive and reactionary posture?
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The social issues matter.
My fiancée will never vote republican even though she agrees with them on unemployment, welfare, crime, and a ton of issues. The reason is solely social issues (LGBT and abortion issues)
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You mean those people and scenarios you make up in your head but have no link to actual reality but you want to talk about to seem virtuous? Or is that fap material? Is everyone covered in oil in these fantasies?
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You are mistaken if you believe a US Marine would beat up a US senator. That would be grounds to be served a "big chicken dinner", as in a BCD, or bad conduct discharge. Even after they have already been honorably discharged, and Schumer no longer in office, that's just beating up an old man. There's no honor in that. It's also still a crime.
I'm thinking you are some false flag. Are you looking for some conservatives to agree with you? Trying to post "evidence" of conservatives wanting to beat up an o
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I find it very interesting that you need to specify that the marines pick on somebody so considerably not-their-own-size. Is that some kind of alt-right thing, or just your own malevolent little fantasies?
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I mean, why not someone like Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Joe Tate, or Mick Foley, say?
Remember, they people are sneaky (Score:2)
I can't find any of their infrastructure online. Their extortion page is gone, all of their payment portals are offline, as is their chat function.
Did they try the same addresses, but with a "1" on the end? :-)
Re: Remember, they people are sneaky (Score:2)
Neh, it's called the livER gang now.
Fools fooled (Score:2)
Rename successful. ...
Contiuing operation
Re: Fools fooled (Score:1)
At least one possibility.
Another would be a visit hy the HOMO forces.
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Re:Fools fooled (Score:5, Interesting)
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What? (Score:1)
They didn't want that free waterboard vacation at a secret Club Fed?
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Re:Common Man!!! (Score:4, Insightful)
I would be respectful of anyone no matter how mild mannered they are, when they have the force of the US Armed Forces at his command. Also not being a Narcissist Jackass he was able to rebuild relations with our allies, who too also have significant military and economic power.
People may have feared Trump, but they Respect Biden. Being afraid of something, is not productive, people often will not stand down when faced with fear, they will irrationally fight back. But if you are respected, they will stand down, because they know the consequences and alternatives.
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Are you sure you have a brain? You are just rehashing some stupid Q-Anon crap.
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No, I refer to mainstream news articles in primaries, with women coming forward about their underage daughters being improperly fondled by Biden. You must have short memory, like a gnat. Then you bring up that wahckjob Q-anon as if that's an argument against the facts. No, I refer to women's testimony.
Biden's brain was damaged in health event years ago, look it up. Another fact, not your QA.
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We are currently fleeing Afghanistan with our tails between our legs. "Fear Biden" my ass.
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I thought you wanted the US to leave Afghanistan, or was it only when Trump tried to do it?
Am I the only one worried? (Score:3)
Am I the only one worried that if Putin had them shut down, he's got a lot more power than we thought?
This could also be his way of showing the world that he does in fact have a lot of power. How many other world leaders can make a major malware gang shut down?
Re:Am I the only one worried? (Score:4, Informative)
It think much of the world already assumes Putin has some level of control over these gangs.
Of course he does (Score:2)
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Like how a bunch of Ganges and Mobs, have fell in line under one leader.
How do stop criminals... You make them your deputy.
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In the 30s the fascist government i Italy cracked down hard on the Mafia in Sicily which made many of them emigrate to the US. In 1944 allied forces landed in Sicily and drove the Axis fascists, moving on to Italy. Since the military had little time and resources to govern the place they basically turned a blind eye to let the Mafia take over again and keep order.
They did not intentionally deputize them, but it came down to the same thing.
Re:Am I the only one worried? (Score:5, Insightful)
Isn't as likely an explanation is that these were state actors working for the Russian government, so shutting them down as simple as him ordering their operations shuttered?
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Isn't as likely an explanation is that these were state actors working for the Russian government, so shutting them down as simple as him ordering [them to be executed for getting caught]?
Fixed. You're welcome.
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Why would you execute them? They got caught harming your enemies...
Re:Am I the only one worried? (Score:4, Interesting)
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I suppose anything is possible with these shadowy groups. One thing is certain, the three letter agencies and their counterparts in the Five Eyes at least publicly think a good many of these ransomware outfits are based in Eastern Europe and are effectively part of Russia's cyberwarfare capability. I have no way to verify this, but Biden has made it pretty clear to Putin that he at least holds Russia responsible for some of the recent hacks. My assumption is that most nations have some groups, either tightl
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Isn't as likely an explanation is that these were state actors working for the Russian government
The Russian government is not going to be operating a group dedicated to blackmailing western organizations. There is too little money and too many potential problems that this could cause. These guys are just opportunistic scammers looking for a quick buck. The Russian government is probably laughing at the west not being able to manage the scammers. It does not hurt them. Or at least, it didn't with Trump in power.
I am not implying that Russia is not actively attempting to infiltrate western compu
Re:Am I the only one worried? (Score:4, Interesting)
Am I the only one worried that if Putin had them shut down, he's got a lot more power than we thought?
This could also be his way of showing the world that he does in fact have a lot of power. How many other world leaders can make a major malware gang shut down?
Not really. It was generally assumed that the ransomware gangs were operating with the unspoken consent of the Russian government, possibly with links to Russian intelligence (who would certainly be interested in some of the info they retrieved). That's the whole reason why they did things like ignore systems using Russian [slashdot.org].
Therefore, it's probably pretty easy for Putin to shut them down.
Now I doubt he's actually thrown them in jail (looks bad to have them complaining to the media that the Russian government double crossed them), but he may have told them to find different careers, or at least re-incorporate under a different name.
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How many other world leaders can make a major malware gang shut down?
Xi Jinping
Kim Jong-un
Bashar al-Assad
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I would prefer to be ruled by an actual elected gangster than some of the street scum out there
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Am I the only one worried that if Putin had them shut down, he's got a lot more power than we thought?
This could also be his way of showing the world that he does in fact have a lot of power. How many other world leaders can make a major malware gang shut down?
How many world leaders can shut down a sponsored organization?
A lot of them I would guess.
(Let's stop pretending here.)
back tomorrow (Score:3)
They'll be back tomorrow with a new brand name.
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REvil --> SEvil --> TEvil --> UEvil
Bet they are still there (Score:1)
Another option (Score:2)
Putin's Puppets (Score:2)
They'll be back next week with a new name. There's no way Putin is going to let up on his technological assault on the US. He has no intentions of scaling back the ransomware groups, he has zero intention of stopping them. Most of them are probably backed by Putin and the rest of the Russian government. We had a cold war...this is the start of the cyber war. He's not lying when he says he'll do something...but I don't think he has any intention of stopping it. He knows how much he can fuck us over.
Did the US just fuck over themselves? (Score:2)