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The Week in Ransomware – May 15th 2020 – REvil targets Trump

This week, we saw some interesting news about ransomware features being added and continued attackers against high profile victims. The biggest news is REvil’s continued threats against Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks (GSMLaw) after demanding a $21 million ransom. They have now increased the ransom to $42 million and have begun releasing emails that they state are damaging to President Trump. REvil also added new code that will automatically terminates processes keeping a file open that they are trying to encrypt.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-week-in-ransomware-may-15th-2020-revil-targets-trump/

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