German authorities and reporters claim to identify core REvil member
Suspect connected to criminal Bitcoin payments German authorities and reporters claim to identify core REvil member The big picture A group of cooperating German investigators and intelligencers claim to have tracked down a crucial member of the REvil ransomware gang, which has been responsible for a significant number of attacks this time. It remains unclear when or if the investigators will be suitable to arrest the person in question because they live in Russia, a government that is been indicted of turning an eyeless eye to ransomware gangs staying within its borders. According to reports from German news associations Bayerischer Rundfunk and Die Zeit, the two spent months following the digital trail of Bitcoin and dispatch addresses to establish a connection between ransomware payments and someone they relate to as"NikolayK."Social media vids from his woman" EkaterinaK." shows the couple holidaying in the Mediterranean on precious yachts. Nikolay's profil...