Conti Ransomware Gang and Fake Kidnapping on AM1280 The Patriot with Brad Carlson, Sunday, March 27, 2022

It seems some members of the Conti ransomware gang are Ukrainian, others are Russian, and the Russian invasion splintered this group. Great article from Wired Magazine. It’s just a normal job for many of the people inside, a long way from the Hollywood hacker stereotypes we see all the time in movies. And this fake kidnapping scheme takes social engineering to a whole new level.