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Ransomware gangs now creating websites to recruit affiliates

LockBit and Himalaya have been using their sites to advertise features of their encryption tools to attract new recruits. LockBit claims to offer the fastest encryption and file-stealing (StealBit) tools all over the world . Himalaya does not allow attacking healthcare, public, and non-profit organizations. Other prominent groups are likely to keep their head low considering the active hunt for ransomware actors that intensified after DarkSide encrypted Colonial Pipeline systems, disrupting fuel distribution in the U.S.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-gangs-now-creating-websites-to-recruit-affiliates/

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