{"id":44491,"date":"2021-02-02T03:31:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T08:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cybercon1.com\/?p=44491"},"modified":"2021-02-02T03:31:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T08:31:00","slug":"arrest-seizures-tied-to-netwalker-ransomware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/02\/arrest-seizures-tied-to-netwalker-ransomware\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrest, Seizures Tied to Netwalker Ransomware"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Chalk up one for the good guys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. and Bulgarian authorities this week seized the darkweb site used by the\u00a0NetWalker\u00a0ransomware <\/strong>cybercrime group to publish data stolen from its victims. In connection with the seizure, a Canadian national suspected of extorting more than $27 million through the spreading of NetWalker was charged in a Florida court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

NetWalker is a ransomware<\/strong>-as-a-service crimeware product in which affiliates rent access to the continuously updated malware code in exchange for a percentage of any funds extorted from victims. The crooks behind NetWalker used the now-seized website to publish personal and proprietary data stolen from their prey, as part of a public pressure campaign to convince victims to pay up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NetWalker has been among the most rapacious ransomware strains, hitting at least 305 victims from 27 countries \u2014 the majority in the United States, according to Chainalysis, a company that tracks the flow virtual currency payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cChainalysis has traced more than $46 million worth of funds in NetWalker ransoms since it first came on the scene in August 2019,\u201d the company said in a blog post<\/a> detailing its assistance with the investigation. \u201cIt picked up steam in mid-2020, growing the average ransom to $65,000 last year, up from $18,800 in 2019.\u201d Read On:<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chalk up one for the good guys. U.S. and Bulgarian authorities this week seized the darkweb site used by the\u00a0NetWalker\u00a0ransomware cybercrime group to publish data stolen from its victims. In connection with the seizure, a Canadian national suspected of extorting more than $27 million through the spreading of NetWalker was charged in a Florida court. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[636],"tags":[637],"class_list":["post-44491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ransomware","tag-ransomware"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t