REvil is a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation that has extorted large amounts of money from organizations worldwide over the past year. The name stands for Ransomware Evil and was inspired by the Resident Evil movie series. An alleged member of the group, using the handle Unknown, confirmed in a recent interview that the ransomware was not a new creation and that it was built on top of an older codebase. Five suspected REvil affiliates have been arrested since February, including two in November in Romania.”]