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GandCrab cousin Sodinokibi made a fortune for ransomware pushers

Sodinokibi, also known as REvil, is a ransomware program that first appeared in April. Its developers provide the program to other cybercriminals in exchange for a cut of the ransom money paid by victims. Researchers from McAfee have tracked the bitcoin payments made by victims of the program. The developers get a 30% or 40% cut from each payment after its passed through a bitcoin mixer that has the role of obfuscating transactions and making it harder for investigators to discover the final cash-out wallet.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3445205/gandcrab-cousin-sodinokibi-made-a-fortune-for-ransomware-pushers.html

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