Operators of the Ragnar Locker ransomware warn their victims that if they contact law enforcement agencies, the data stolen from them will be published in the public domain.
Edition Bleeping Computer writes that this week at Ragnar Locker website darknet appeared an announcement. Hackers threaten to "leak" the victims' data into the network if they contact the FBI, police or private investigators. The threat also extends to those victims who turn to data recovery specialists.
The ransomware operator claims that organizations that hire "professional negotiators" only make the data recovery process worse, as the negotiators are often associated with the FBI and law enforcement.
Ragnar Locker is known for the fact that its operators manually deploy payloads to victims' systems. In addition, hackers spend time scouting to discover network resources, backups, and confidential files that they might steal before encrypting the data. Ragnar Locker's past victims include, for example, Japanese game maker Capcom and hardware maker ADATA .
Edition Bleeping Computer writes that this week at Ragnar Locker website darknet appeared an announcement. Hackers threaten to "leak" the victims' data into the network if they contact the FBI, police or private investigators. The threat also extends to those victims who turn to data recovery specialists.
The ransomware operator claims that organizations that hire "professional negotiators" only make the data recovery process worse, as the negotiators are often associated with the FBI and law enforcement.
Ragnar Locker is known for the fact that its operators manually deploy payloads to victims' systems. In addition, hackers spend time scouting to discover network resources, backups, and confidential files that they might steal before encrypting the data. Ragnar Locker's past victims include, for example, Japanese game maker Capcom and hardware maker ADATA .
