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Russian Crime Bosses Make $90k a Year from Ransomware-as-a-Service

Ransomware bosses make an annual income of around $90k, Flashpoint study says. The healthcare industry was the most targeted by recent waves of ransomware campaigns. New type of ransomware-as-a-Service is sold by Russian ransomware bosses to hackers with lower skills. RaaS campaigns become more widespread and accessible to even low-level cyber-criminals, study finds. The boss in charge of approving bitcoin payments, money laundering through bitcoin exchangers and issuing decryption keys usually keeps around 60% of the ransom.”]

Source: https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/russian-crime-bosses-make-90k-a-year-from-ransomware-as-a-service/

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