This is an interesting escalation, though I doubt people will be able to keep their involvement secret. LockBit ransomware recruiting insiders to breach corporate networks
With LockBit 2.0, the ransomware gang is trying to remove the middle-man and instead recruit insiders to provide them access to a corporate network.
People are not good at operational security on any level. If they suddenly got a million-dollar payoff I think someone might notice. And that is the kind of payday they are apparently offering.
While this tactic may sound far-fetched, it is not the first time threat actors attempted to recruit an employee to encrypt their company's network.
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Hey, when feckless Not-A-Real-President Biden makes the FDA approve the Not-A-Real-Vaccine and private companies start forcing employees the get shot or get fired, hmmmmmm, nice retirement package.
ReplyDeletecompanies have earned every bit of their employee's loyalty.
ReplyDeletethe top guys come in, layoff 20 or 30% do a little accounting magic, destroy the company and walk away with a golden parachute. Don't think everyone doesn't notice.
The really more interesting security issue is what happens when the FBI, err I mean some ransom gang, takes down the EBT system.